Support Groups - Regal Procession of the Faire Queens to Summer

Hello, hello, h ello.....


Sorry to be away so long.... Its a lesson to me how 5 minutes off in my schedule can set me back the whole day.....

I need to catch up on posts, and I will, I've copied and sent them to myself to read during lunch... ( and will not work thru lunch today, I promise!)

Here's FRESH START Cards for all ..... I am taking a fistful and will see you all at lunch!

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Yup...lots of those Kaylets! Fresh starts are good. However it would be better if I could just continue and not have to "start" again! Today I am at April's weight. Way better than last Monday. I suspected that the weight would just fall off if I could discipline myself to stay on OP and start exercising. It has. What a dummy. However, life does interfer sometimes, and we let down our guard. That is my story and I'm stickin' to it!

The heathens are fed and I'm just having a :coffee: before they need to go out. The bathroom is nice...and I am collecting a box of stuff for the rummage sale at the church. DD should be home today and she doesn't know we did this, or used her room as the repository for "stuff"' while it was done!

So, back to work Monday. DH is on SPA this week...I wonder if I can push the en-suite bath? Will test the waters.

A lovely cool day dawns...I want to walk today, and then do some transplanting. I have some bugle weed to put in and a very unhappy daylily to move.

Have a great day ladies!

:drill:

Good gray morning, :queen:ly Ones. Gray here at the moment but I'm sure it won't last. Had a little stormlet go through - maybe that's what woke me way too early. So I'm as gray too, at the moment, as the skies but that won't last either.

I now have six days in - in a row - honest - not enough water yet - not enough exercise - but food under 1750 (sometimes way under) and I seem to be ridding self of the prednisone appetite that was running rampant the last couple of weeks.

So I'm glad to hear it will go if I cooperate, I'm glad to have Fresh Start card and I'm so glad to have :dust:

And off I :belly:.........

Fly-by excuse for a post:

Day 2, it is. Yesterday went according to plan except I only painted 2 hours -- officially letting self off hook for that.

Today I've walked to gym and back, done circuit training and some yoga. I'll get another 30 mins. walking to choir practice tonight. Have meditated and am well on my way to having my water in already. Food/water goals the same as yesterday.

I'll try to get back for a real post later but I've gotta fly now...

Let's make this a good one!

Flybye here too as I'm on deadline and have hours to go of work. Scale did NOT cooperate with a loss (I'm really not happy with a maintain this week, wanted a loss) ... no up, no down, no joy in Mudville!!!

Wsw, good luck on your biofeedback!

Huzzah to all, mentioned or un ...

Rainy today - much needed but still sort of gloomy - and I like rain. Well, we'll see. Will find sunshine somewhere.

I did it, I did it. Went a whole week of calories under 1750 - mostly in the 1600s. And it got easier. Now it gets trickier. going out to breakfast or whatever (mid morning) with friends. Have declared it a higher calorie day but can't go much above 1750. Then have lots of things planned for weekend and next week. :dust: :dust: :dust:

But the friends (and then activities through next week) will bring sunshine and even :queen:s need "sunshine".

My tea is calling and also a few minutes on the patio so off I go :belly:

Crash! Burn! Pick self up and back we go. Last night...argh! Stressful day for me and kablooey! But you know what? It is alright because I had a streak of over a week going before that. This is just a seam in the sidewalk of life! A little bump. Back onto the smooth bit now!

Today, get 8 waters in (only 5 yesterday) and calories in line..(not thinkin' about yesterday..over, done, gone!)

Congrats on your work Anagram! :dust: for us all!

A maintain is better than a gain...next week, next week!

The second bathroom is prepped and ready for paint...my beautiful clean dresser is cluttered with stuff from that room...make-up and hair products that I need to survive. Once DH tapes down the bathroom, I won't have access to that stuff...

So another busy day dawns...must be off to greet it!

:wave:

Let me lend you an arm, ceara, to pick you up and brush you off. Stress is the badlet (and fatigue) but you've been doing so well this will be just the crack in the sidewalk as you say.

You too, Empress, and a maintain is good practice for once you reach your forever goal. Scary to me to think how little I'll be able to eat if/when I ever get where I should be. And I have trouble now with my calorie count! To get down to my "real" goal, I'd have to be at 1400 or less a day - and that's tough for me now. So my true goal - health- gives me the motive to eat less but better and mathematically I should be able to lose (for now) at 1700. Slowly but "should" be able to do it and then gradually cut the cals further as the wt goes down. But have to get it to move first. I'm counting on my friend Slimfast A LOT to get me through some rough times of day.

Well, rain seems stopped for the moment and it's time for me to take off.
Good one, Ladies Royale.

Wow, I'm wiped! Choir practice last night and I was too wired to get to sleep afterwards. :rolleyes: Hard to believe, but true. I'm going to have to figure out some way to deal with the excitement...:dz:

Yesterday went according to plan and today is too, despite the deadly fatigue. I'm fighting the munchies, but I'm winning. :strong:

Anagram, you'll be so revved up by then that you'll need MORE calories. Preferably in the form of PB ice cream bars :T

Love your belly-dancer!

Ceara, you are a wise woman! Little damage is ever done from the occasional fall off the wagon as long as we hop back on at the next stop. We're never going to be perfect but we'll NEVER quit. :yes: You'll be back to ticker in no time!

Amarantha, ye are doing great and maintain will become loss. :yes:

Kaylets, nice to see you in the Palace again! Can hardly believe it's going to be time to move from the Summer Palace enc of next week...

Right then, I've got stuff to get done this afternoon. Avanti!

Good Morning all!

Yes, a good move is exactly what I need..... sort, keep, discard and let the change invigorate and inspire me!!

Let me say more about that soon!

Thought of the day:

"You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction." George Lorimer

Question of the day:

"How often do you wake up while sleeping? Do you sleep through until its time to get up?"


Lets make this the best Wednesday!

Oh, wow, I'm so proud of me. After a breakfast of (small) pancakes and apricot syrup, I was still able to come in under 1600 for the day. And some of that was luxuriously added after dinner. And basically with no real hunger. Thank goodness for veggies, lots of them. And some fruits. But I think a part of it was the satisfying carbs at breakfast plus the idea of not breaking my "streak". Now I do know it will go on sabbatical this weekend but will strive to get in another day or two before then.



To that end, I've decided not to go to an "eat out" event today. Will instead go to the pool and then maybe have my hair "done". The little spoiling will help too.

Arabella, I'm excited by your excitement! How nice to have that in your life - even if it makes it hard to sleep sometimes. But, oh, the deadly fatigue....does make everything tough.

Love the excitement evident in ceara's life too with her "girls".

Glad you're back, Kaylets, and love the quote. Sometimes I do get to sleep straight through but then it's a shorter night. Usually up once maybe. Every once in a while I'll get to sleep through on a 7 0r 8 hour night. Not often enough ;)

Fall is starting here today,I think. Cool, less humid, boo-full. To get even better this weekend. Time to find some fallish clothes (I've been ready except for the heat - by the end of each season, I'm ready to throw away everything from that season but the stuff that seemed old and awful in April beckons me as fresh and new right now).

My "sort" the last few days was through about 10 shoeboxes of greeting cards. Some going back to the '70s. It was fun - not done totally but a preliminary sort took it down by about 4 boxes. Was specifically looking for birthday cards from DH and feel much loved after reading some very nice ones again. Will keep those for "therapy" from time to time. Looking at those from kids was fun too. Can tell their teenage years, for sure. But all nice to have.

Well, I've sort of a plan for the day - so it's off to tea and then off to the plan. It's been a long time since I've had 8 days under my belt.....must not get cockey. :dust:

Fly by...busy busy busy last few days. No time to read, post, think. Will catch up eventually. WW going well. I'll probably be back to posting tomorrow, I'm off to Mom and Dad's this am. Have a good one, all!

Yesterday veered off-course a bit. Not too badly but a couple of off-plan snacks. Nevertheless, when I weighed in on the Tanita this a.m. my body fat was the lowest it's been in the couple of years I've been measuring and a full 10% down from where it was the first time I tested. I'm officially into the "overfat" rather than obese category for my age group, according to the accompanying booklet. :D

I'm preparing for the trip to Toronto tomorrow for the interment of MIL's ashes on Friday. Kind of wishing I'd decided to stay home but DH really wants me there and I'm sure it will be a good thing to have done.

But :eek: I'm always surprised by how much preparation is required for even a brief trip. And I've got lots of work stuff that needs to be done before I go. AND my good friend had a bumper crop of basil this year, more than she can use. So she dropped off a huge basket, probably enough for about 20-25 batches of pesto. So I've got it washed and festooning the kitchen as it dries.

:s: Think I'll invite my mom in to dinner and to help process it this evening. She honestly does love to do stuff like that and it's always fun hanging out with her and working away at chores. Feels very good, like it connects me to some far-back family and community kind of thing.

AND I ran the idea of a feature on the ghost story book past the editor of the local arts and entertainment paper I write for sometimes. Thinking that it'd be a good story for the Halloween issue. Well, he went for it! :eek: So now I've got to write a story before I leave too. Will also solicit stories from readers.

I'm going to buy a digital recorder with voice-to-text capabilities. Will definitely help with the interviews...

Kaylets, I'm intrigued by that "moving" talk! :chin: Re:QoD, I'm about half and half -- sometimes I wake up for a pee through the night and sometimes not.

LOVE the quote. I'm going to post it on my bulletin board so it looks me in the face each morning.

Anagram, yummmm! Pancakes with apricot syrup sounds wonderful. :T I do find that eating really delicious food helps keep me on track. Even the prospect of a lovely and healthful dinner can help me stay OP. Then, there's also the promise of feeling really good about my day when it's done. :smug:

I can relate to the tired old clothes seeming fresh and exciting again at the turn of season. I've occasionally been so sick of some winter (especially winter, for some reason) apparel that I gave it away. And then felt like kicking myself when I remembered I didn't have it any more. :dz:

I'm proud of you too!

Katrina, thanks for flying by! (Next week we're going to hop on our broomsticks for the next challenge ;) )

Honey, remember to take care of yourself and remember to B-R-E-A-T-H-E! :hug:


K, I'm madly off in all directions! Let's make this a good one, :queen:lies!

Safe trip, Arabella. And, of coure, DH needs you there. Yes, even the briefest of trips takes so much coordination. I feel it every time I head to DDs even for an overnighter. May as well be going for a week - well except for the numbers of clothes.

Take your advice too - B R E A T H E. Except now that you've got another thing to do in a limited amount of time, I'm thrilled you're getting to start on your ghost stories.

And Arabella is right, Kat. B R E A T H E.................................

I had my hair done today and my brows waxed. I'm getting good at treating me. Weather is soooooo perfect right now, I'm off to the patio for a little read before darkness creeps up on me.

Made it to pool again and food good so far today w/enough left for a little treat before my 8 oclock cutoff time. :belly:

So we have another cool glorious morning! Must while a way a bit outside before shower. Not a tremendously busy day today but must hit grocery stoe big time as expecting the Crewe for the weekend. Plus a leetle low on "me" things.

My streak has hit ten days. Unbelievable. Added more water yesterday, still not enough. This morning I hit the new lowest number again but only unofficially because I didn't meet all the "conditions". When I shortly weigh in again meeting the "conditions", it'll be up. Sigh - but it's down the extra five or so it had been a week or so ago (mostly but not all water).

So I think it's groceries, paperwork, maybe a tiny bit of yard work if I get out enough creaks. Should try a little more walky. Need to get more shoes that fit. Surgery (plus orthotic) has done nasty things to shoe size.

Fresh Start Monday for all that too. Plus (now that weather's a bit cooler) maybe a better house sweep, maybe :rolleyes:

I'm starting to pack for the move from the Summer Palace.......not long now..

:cheer::cheer::cheer:

Yo, it's me again. Not trying to hog the thread but had to come back on after "official" conditions weighin. I HAVE LOST A TOTAL OF .2 pounds the last three weeks for a new "official" new (current) low.

I really didn't think I'd go under the earlier number but I did and I'm claiming it for however long it lasts. With all my ups and downs, it's hard to know if/when I'm losing or not but when I see a new (current) low number, I'm happy. I won't likely make it to Onederland by our move but I'm going to go for it.

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!

Huzzah 'n congratulations to Anagramatic for that great losin' streak 'n the new low condition!!! :cheer: Ye are doin' great!!!

Arabella, I've tried the voice to text idea but it didn't work for me as that's not how my reporter process has worked for so long, but it's a super idea. Hope it helps ye! One thing I do like to do sometimes is have the computer read my copy back to me in complex stories so I can process with a different part of the brain.

Huzzah! I am off 'n about now! See ye, queens! Today's the day!

I also forgot to announce that Puppy Girl is a proud 4 months old today.

Gray morning again. But my "streak" made it through another day. Hope to make it today yet but that's a bit iffy. Plan to have a "no count" day tomorrow. All of tribe 'cept DDIL will be here from today until Sunday. My energy's low this a.m. and that's not good. But maybe I'll put on some loud music which will (a) hopefully make me want to dance and move about and (b) help transition from my normal quiet environ to chaos.

At any rate - IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

Rainy day hereabouts...good for studying, much needed and much procrastinated against. Slept most of yesterday (much overdue) got up way early this morning and decided that it was a toss up between hitting the books or catching up here...guess who won? :cp:

Was extremely overwhelmed this past week. 4 nights in a row of working doesn't cut it for me. I don't want to get off on a total rant about how totally un:stimulating/satisfying/enjoyable my job is, but it's really much more manageable when done in smaller increments of time. I'm going to try a new schedule of 2 days on, 1 off, 2 on, 2 off and see if that's any better. I do view school as a means to an end, and a way out of there, and try to keep that at the forefront of my mind at all times while working.

Classes are over mid November. Exam for certification 12/8. (can really B R E A T H E then!) This will seem weird, but, I'm actually looking forward to the cataract surgery I just scheduled for November and December! Three weeks apart. I'll be able to see (well) again! Hooray! :cheer:

On the diet front: First week of WW went well for about four days, then it all began to unravel. Will not view as a crash and burn, :rolleyes: rather, a "do-over." Couldn't even get to the meeting because I had to bring darling son to SAT prep class, register him, and fork over the $$$. (Not cheap!) Revamping efforts this week.

Anagram, I love the image of you sifting through your cards and remembering! How comforting, reliving cherished words and memories! I love to do that too! Congrats on your streak!

Amarantha...your words truly resonated with me: feelin' controlled 'n violated by lots of people. Thinking back, that's when I do the most damage to all efforts at healthful eating, when others are "controlling" me. I really need to remember that, ultimately, I control me.

ceara...and then I read your words about just a seam in the sidewalk of life! I pictured myself merrily strolling along said sidewalk, stumbled over a wonky bit that was sticking up, looked around embarrassed, to see if anyone saw, recovered, and then just got myself back to the business of strolling. Good metaphor!

Arabella...Hope your trip went well. I'm sure your DH was glad to have you there with him. Congrats on moving down to "overfat!" :cp: BTW: I've cleared out my summer palace chambers, got my broom in the shop for a tune up, and am excitedly looking forward to next adventure! Fall is my favorite time o' year. Am up for all new challenges!

Kaylets...mmm...sleep...I could use more of it! Working nights, I never seem to get enough. When I do get a decent amount, (> 4 hrs) I think I sleep straight through. Unless I fell asleep with a full bladder!

Okay, I really must hit the books now! I'm feeling caught up and refreshed and ready to get on with the business at hand: losing my adipose overcoat!

Have a great Saturday, all! :wave:

anagram- happy birthday!!!!!! congrats on weight loss to your new low and on your nice, long streak.

amarantha-happy 4 months to puppy girl!

hi katrina, arabella, kaylets, ceara and to all our lovely royals!

have been staying the course, even when felt a bit like jumping off the wagon. last night, we had had severe storms here, and the power went out. fortunately, i was prepared with flashlights, and read by candlelight for a while too, and listened to music with my battery operated cd player. very lucky that it didn't get too unbearably hot with ac off. today is absolutely gorgeous. well, hope everyone is having a good weekend. take care, all.

Wsw, Puppy Girl barks "thanks" for the birthday wishes! :)

Kat, I know what ye mean about the work burn out. I'm in a position now where I haven't had a vacation in years and I feel guilty and apologetic everytime I take a day off in the week ... and I mean the SEVEN-DAY week. Tuesday was supposed to be an identifiable day off for me for awhile and now I see I'll have to work Tuesday night so can't see a day off for another seven unless it's today and that makes Monday h((((( and etc. ... no answer, sorry, rantin' ... see ye all later. Will go back to bed in lieu of a better idea!

P.S. I'm fine, not really as negative as that sounded. If scale cooperates, I'll be aces. If not, it's a lamp! The scale, that is. I will turn it into a toaster!

Aces, more or less! No loss but no gain 'n earlier in the week, a little unofficial secret weigh-in did produce a lower number but I refused to count it as real!

Next time: OFFICIAL DROP! Huzzah!

I'm home, totally wiped! All went well, though. I'll be back tomorrow. :love:

Hi, Royals. I too am totally wiped. I'm just too old for this celebratory stuff.

Friday, my kids/grandkids arrived. Saturday we headed for a museum (Antique Automobiles) that supposedly my granddaughter wanted to see. The plan was that we'd do that, then maybe a street fair, then maybe rest, then all go out to dinner to celebrate my birthday. When I walked in the museum my sister popped out and took a picture and said "we thought we'd join you".

As I'm walking along, I see my nephew's wife and kids. M. says her son always wanted to see the old cars. Ok, I walk a bit more and see a nephew and wife who would have travelled somewhat more distance so I grew slightly suspicious. Then a bit more and I see my sister and bil from Texas. Well..........He does love (and owns) antique cars but their health is such I didn't think they'd come just to see the cars.

Short version - about 30 family members gathered in a local restaurant to wish me a happy 70th. Some came back to the house later.

Sunday morning DD/crew left, Sunday afternoon, DS left (after doing some tough chores). Less than an hour later, two sisters came back for an overnight slumber party - bringing matching pjs for all of us. They left at 3 oclock Monday and I started "organizing" (i.e., shovelling out wrapping paper, etc.).

So today a friend picked me up for a planned birthday luncheon (we do it everyyear on hers and mine). I knew my two sisters would be joining us but when we got there, about ten other friends were there. I'm still in shock. It was all very lovely and arranged by DD with Dsis and D friend. They were for the most part all long time friends and consist of the innermost circle of my local friendships. I'm only home an hour or so and am still digesting it all. What a crew, what a daughter, what a sister, what a friend (friends). I did make a speechlet about how lucky I feel I've been in life and esp. lucky to have so many dear friends.

I feel that way about my friends here on line too and wish you all could have been there too. It was just about perfect.

So while I did make a few good choices over the last few days, I will need a ton of Fresh Start cards again. And this explains why I've been silent a few days. Just overwhelmed. Good thing I don't have a bad heart!

I would like to share with my Royal friends a Maya Angelou quote that was on one of my BD cards. I think it's appropriate for our group of :queen:s -

"A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally."

I'd say, that's us (we?). And will start back in again striving to give my best to this journey and the others in my life.

Hi, Ho. I've got to start decompressing. Whew!!! Five days of partying.....worth having a birthday with such a high number but next year I think I'll start downward. ;)

Oh, Happy, Happy, Happy belated, Anagram! :hb:

And thanks be to the grand universe that brought you to us! :cheers:

I'm starting to recover. Did pretty well over the weekend, walked hours and hours every day. And then, home and exhausted, had a bit of a piggyfest this afternoon. That ol' debbil fatigue :devil: Must be prepared for him and be invincible for the rest of the month if I want to meet my goal.

Of course, now I'm in that mode I start thinking about everything I COULD eat tomorrow. So much food out there :rolleyes:

But that's tonight. Hope to be saner in the a.m.

Goodnight, Queenlies! I vow I'll go to bed planning to wake up virtuous. :angel:

So glad things went well for you, dear Arabella. Can you find some peaceful minutes today to "reset" your inner balances.

I've started out today virtuous. I think my celebrating is done so really must settle down though I doubt today will be quite as good as I'd been the prior two weeks. Sigh.........................but I've done it before, I can do it again. And lots of good vibes flowing around me for support.

Gorgeous weather - doctor's appointment (derm.) so off I go to enjoy it all.

Happy September 19th to all - Royal or not.

Ahoy, :queen:ies!

Yes, September 19th -- it's International Talk like a Pirate Day (http://www.talklikeapirate.com/tlapd07.html) and -- coincidence? -- 6th birthday for DGS. I'm still tired and feeling not-quite motivated. Probably the result of those two humungous (and I'm not kidding) chocolate chip cookies I ate yesterday. Plus I was ravenous this morning.

I walked, did circuit training, some yoga. Will walk another 30 mins later. As for food, I'm keeping myself out of banned substances, drinking the water and making myself sit at the table to eat. O/w, just trying to get through the day. :yawn:

K, on second :coffee: and feeling a little more capable.

Autumnal equinox is early Sunday morning. Unless someone else wants to post a Halloweeny thread, I'll make one then. For we shall persevere. And we shall prevail.

Anagram, so much harder to get going again, isn't it. I'm trying to steal a few minutes here and there. So much wiser to actually take the time. It's not like I'm really getting so much done in this state anyway.

Let's take this day and do the best we can with it...

Hello! Just caught up, but no time for long communications. I have to make vegetable soup for the luncheon at the church...not just soup but I was designated to do vegetable, which I NEVER make. Stress abounds! Darn UCW!

I have had a lot of training this week...and I am tired. After work tonight, I will crash. Another wonderful reaction to the stress, besides a cold sore, is that I've been eating like a horse. The crack has become the Grand Canyon in the sidewalk. I am reducing it again...today is day 2!

Congrats Anagram on the milestone birthday, and the lovely parties! And of course the new low number!

'K...that's all the foggy brain allows...must go chop vegetables!

:wave:

Thanks, ceara, but that low number bit the dust with the celebrating. However, I've done it before and I can do it again!!!!!!

"They" always assign me something I never make either so I have come to shun anything that assigns me cooking. Going to church senior luncheon tomorrow - count on me never to volunteer to work there but I may make a dessert sometime because I can do what I want then. Have I mentioned my oven went out while I was cooking chicken on Friday when my kids were coming? I SERIOIUSLY considered never replacing it - but of course I will.

Happy Birthday to DGS, Arabella. Fun kisses, etc. I've hardly spoken today so didn't get to speak like pirate (which I can't do well anyway) but cute day. I did talk to DD and did go to dermo office where I had 3 little spotties taken off. Glad I didn't know about the pirate thing at that point. Well, kitchen floor should be about dry by now so guess I'd best move on.

anagram-your surprise and non-surprise birthday celebrations sounded like they were wonderful, as you so richly deserve!

hi ceara, arabella, amarantha, and to all our residents in the royal kingdom.

we have had several beautiful days in succession, and have been enjoying every mild day. big heat returns friday, but this respite has been divine. i have now had my 2nd week of bladder biofeedback--definitely not fun, but the biofeedback nurse is so nice, and makes it as tolerable as is possible. 4 more weeks to go, but at least now i know what to expect, so know i can get through it just fine. have stayed op, and glad about that. this past year, with losing and regaining, i ended up staying the same. no more of that! i will only be losing this year--- no matter what! i really have to go over my food plan carefully and figure out what needs tweaking, so consider me tweaked. :) hope it is a good evening for all. take care.

Wsw...the tweaked one! Glad your bio-feedback is going well. Anagram, that number will come back...prolly real quick too!

I have an unscheduled morning...don't know what to do with the luxury of it! I think I will get the heathens out and then go for a walk....with my BOT on the walkman...listening to the Quickie by Patterson.

Have a great day all....:wave:

Hello all!

Here I am!

First and formeost! Happy Birthday Anagram!! How lovely to have a Sept Birthday! And yes, yes, yes, you will get over the birthday extra food hangover posthaste....


I hope everyone else is doing well... I quickly scannned just the last page and got a little hint .... WSW!~ YIKES, I sure would be embarrassed too....
You make me proud... to be determined to give it a try is very inspiring!


WoodNymph.... I love it "Talk like a pirate day!".... I am thinking I'd love to add the days to my Good Morning thought... Do you have a website with the days named?


Ceara... Been thinking of you. DS has been earning his keep doing massive yard work... Even got some beyond saving bushes down the ground, ivy trimmed way, way back, etc, etc and what a pleasure it is to see everything trimmed. I am toying with pansies and maybe even some mums... just for fun.

And for sure, going to try the spinach under the lights again in the house. Its really motivating to try when the recalls keep happening.


Hello Empress, I know you arent far away.


SO. I guess today is a good day to start again. yes, I'm right. Let's do it.


I'll be on the look out for the new thread.....

Swamped, :queen:lies, but fighting the good fight.

As :queen: Kaylets says, Today is the Day!

Whew! Am I glad this week is almost over!...

Have also been fighting the good fight...scale has remained the same, but still up 8 from the ticker...but it is down 5 from where I was September first... guess I should update that ticker....

Anyway, I may have a boob squeeze this morning...if the machine gets fixed. So in case they are calling, I'd best get off-line.

I'll be back!

Day 1 - I think I'm going to make it the rest of the way. Lovely weather and I just want to focus on that but have to go write calories down. Did do pool today.

Good Morning, lovely queens...

Happy Last Day o' Summer! Where the heck did it go? So many things I wanted to do and didn't get a chance to... like losing weight! I DID, however, manage to not gain...as of this morning I am officially THE SAME.

*sigh*

Am awfully eager for Hallweeny type challenge...I love a new beginning! It's the sticking to it part that seems to escape me lately. Must work on that...

Anagram! Belated birthday wishes! What a wonderful weekend celebration for you! :bday2you::bday2you:

ceara...I had my girls squeezed earlier this week...always fun, that test! :p Speaking of breasts, my daughter and I plan on participating in a Making Strides for Breast Cancer walk in October...We're becoming quite the marchers for a cause...did the Scleroderma walk earlier in the summer and Anti-War in the the spring...give me a cause, I'll walk for it! (so, howz about the cause of making myself healthier and smaller, hmmm?)

Arabella...I'm looking forward to what you can conjure up for Autumnal Equinox new beginning...

Hi, Kaylets, Amarantha, wsw!

Time for me to :book2: Will be glad when this is class is over... Tonight I'm heading down to mom&dad's...that situation worsens each day. Many opportunities for stress eating. I am trying to squeeze walks in where I can.

Have a good weekend all...see you on the next thread!

:sunny: Lovely day here, warmish and mostly sunny. I've sworn to help with painting and etc. but will try not to do too much because I'm still feeling wonky from doing too much the past two weeks. It makes me feel a little feeble but what can you do -- if I push too hard I won't be any good to anyone, incl. self.

I'm going to have to put a big push on to make progress this month because I'm still in bounce-up status. At least the bounce-up numbers get progressively lower. And I shall persevere. But I do want to be able to record a loss for the month so I'm going to go super-healthy, low glycemic index for the last week push. :crossed: And try to fit in non-tiring extra exercise every day, like 5 mins here and there on the mini-tramp. Tomorrow I'll post the new thread with my commitment. (Of course, if anyone else feels inspired to start the new thread, they have my blessing!) I'm quite excited in a low-key, tired kind of way :chin:

Ceara, five down from Sept. 1 -- :woohoo: Good going! Hope your unscheduled morning was blissful. How did your veggie soup turn out?

Kaylets, Arrrrrrr! I don't have a source for that kind of date. I'm sure there must be one out there, though, so I'll see if I can find one. :) It was also the 25th birthday of the smiley emoticon the same day, I think...

Ohhhhh! Did you grow spinach under lights in your house last year? I've thought how neat it would be to set up lights to grow a few things that lend themselves to that. Some herbs, if nothing else.

Amarantha, be the Hag i' the Hut? :eek: We need her!

Anagram: "I did talk to DD and did go to dermo office where I had 3 little spotties taken off. Glad I didn't know about the pirate thing at that point."

:rofl: I envisioned a whole Monty Pythonesque scene with you talking like a pirate and the dermo staff not knowing what the heck was going on. "Arrrrrrrr! Ye scurrrrrvy sons o' sea cooks'll be removin' these wee spotties double-time er ye'll be walkin' the plank."

WSW, my tweaking pal -- we shall prevail! Still loads of time to make good progress this year and we shall do 'er. Re: biofeedback -- the anticipation is always the worst part, isn't it. It'll soon be over. Hope it's helpful! :hug:

Katrinabgood, how goes it, Lovey? Hope things are settling down a bit. What kind of career do you have in mind? You definitely need to get out of current job. Even just the working nights thing makes life too hard. Hope all's well!

Oooh -- triumph yesterday: Went to birthday lunch for my sister and had chicken skewer with rice and salad. Refused fabulous chocolate cake, the remainders of which were offered up at the end of lunch. I took the remainders home for DS. Had a few thoughts of chocolate cake and ice cream but popped the cake into the freezer, did Reiki instead and felt very peaceful and good. :)

K, guess I'll finish this :coffee: and get out for a little woods woggle. Let's make this a good one!

Oh hey Kat -- we were simulposting. I was just doing it verrrrry slowly :yawn: :lol:

To catch up, happy really belated now, Anagramatic! Huzzah!

Hi to wsw, Ceara the Sword Bearer, Arabella the Wood Nymph 'n all other denizens dwellin' herein or passin' through, mentioned or un ...

Re the 19th, I was amused by an interview with Dave Berry I was listenin' to on that day on the radio whilst drivin' 'n he mentioned Talk Like a Pirate Day and that in reality pirates did not talk as we thought they did with argh 'n all that but that an actor (can't remember who) talked that way in a classic old old film of "Treasure Island" and talked that way only because that was the dialect he spoke naturally being from wherever it was they talked that way and thusly for the remaining decades of the past century (Berry didn't put it this way, exactly, I am now extrapolating) this was the definining way to "talk like a pirate."

Of course if one were nit picky grammar wise, the day would be called "International Talk as a Pirate Talks" or some such thing, but oh well.

Anyhow, to update all queenlies here re my current thinkin' on the diet challenge front, here is my entry from a new blog I am keepin':

Angst, angst, angst, angst, angst, angst! Bad angst, evil angst, demonic angst !!!!

Ah, how we here in the halloween challenge hut want to find the Overlord (aka the Overload Bar) but Diet Wise Woman hath rousted all Halloween Challengers outta their little hut beds this a.m. with the news that there is a Successful Diet Saturday Super-Duper Fiesta in Diet Village this weekend and if we could all just HOLD on 'n be good and banish Overlord-like thoughts from our heads , we might win a prize at the Ceremony o' the Golden Scale Fiesta Weigh-In on Sunday.

So we are all a'rettin' up the hut 'n plannin' a shoppin' trip into the Village for puppy food for the critter 'n HEALTHY food 'n while there we will sign up for the Delightful Diet Fiesta Saturday Challenge wherein all diet folke 'n folkettes who eat in the 1400s-1500s on Saturday will win a share in the collective Diet Fiesta Prize Fun Fund! Oh, the joy, KALOO, KALAY!

So, that's the challenge, no angst, no Overlord!

SUCCESSFUL SATURDAY! 'Bout covers it! Bye Blog!

As summer wanes, I'm happy to say Day #2 is under my belt. Hot and muggy here today, yuck, but pretty if viewed from a/c. Tomorrow supposed to be nicer - maybe a perfect start for fall.

Anybody going to be up early enough to greet the Season?

Good morning, Queenlies! I did just post our Halloween thread (http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123442)

Shall we fly on over and get started? Let's go!

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