Diet Coaches/Buddies – Too many snacks - Ouch! But it was a day of getting things done. Much to my disdain, I pulled out clothes that I might wear to Costa Rica. The number one rule is: NOTHING COTTON!!! It will be a muggy atmosphere and one needs clothes that dry quickly. To my daily joy, most things that I own are 100% cotton - from the skin out. So I had to go back to clothes from the trip to Iceland and the Grand Canyon and wherever. I found some; I need to go into REI (thank you Washington State) Monday to buy more. CREDIT moi for doing the butler's job that I'm stuck with. ("Up with which I'm stuck" since proper English is a current theme.)
Exercise was planned as a walk with DW around a local reservoir - a quick after dinner affair because she wanted to break-in her new boots for Costa Rica. We had driven two blocks from home when the rain started. It wasn't predicted by the morning weather reports. So we drove back home. Ouch again. We did have a lovely chat with some neighbors including their three kids who were standing on their porch about to leave but were stopped by the rain. The three year-old told us a loooong story. I was impressed by his grasp of the language and ability to just talk and talk. I was reminded that they go quickly from the stage where I'm celebrating my DGD's new grasp of speaking to the stage where they don't stop, LOL.
onebyone – Good luck with your event today. Sending supportive thoughts for all of you in this difficult time.
silverbirch – I'm used to the phrase 'progressive lenses' instead of 'varifocal lenses' - anything to avoid the phrase 'bifocal lenses' that has a negative connotation around here because they're for old people which, of course, I'm not. Yay for those late night conversations that shouldn't be reserved only for college kids in the dorms. You can never catch up on those. [I'm so glad that adjective order is the same in British English. I look forward to mentioning my green French silver whittling knife in Wales without fear of sounding like a foreigner.]
maryann - Kudos for fighting
"the candy bucket of the publishers." I'm still struck with the glorious images of Monterey Bay - you guys need to be more grateful that all the rest of us don't move to California.
Karen (karenrn) - Wishing you good luck teaching Otis to obey "Place" - perhaps reluctantly because the image
"of him lying on the back of the couch with his little face on someone's shoulder" is so endearing. Thanks for the encouragement,
"It seems like just one day that is really in control makes me feel so much more confident in my ability to maintain."
curlyjax - Yay for a smooth experience at the DMV - not known for such. Kudos for the upbeat,
"Start again today."
Readers -
Quote:
chapter 1 The Key to Success
The New You
If you just keep practicing the skills described in this program, however, you'll do fine. Dieting will become easier. Cravings and hunger will diminish. You'll learn better ways to deal with stress. Your thinking will change. In fact, you'll get to the point where you'll react differently when you see food you know you shouldn't eat. Instead of saying, I wish I could eat this, and feeling sad, or It's unfair that I can't eat this, and feeling unhappy, you'll automatically say, I'm so glad I'm not eating that. At some point, you'll shift from, I hate depriving myself, to I'm happy I didn't overeat! Just take it one day at a time, as this book suggests. You'll get there!
Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., The Beck Diet Solution (Pink book), pg 24.