Diet Coaches/Buddies – So much time in one day with the feeling that so little was accomplished. It hurts to think that a major achievement was to put the little sticker on my car's licence plate that show's that I'm registered for the next two years. That is, however, a notable step since if I hadn't put it on, it would sit in an envelope drifting lower and lower in the stack until I was given a ticket by an annoyed State Trooper after November 1st when the old one expired.
Eating was on plan enough, CREDIT moi. We didn't even consider going outside for dinner in the rain and chill. We're headed toward the winter season. DGD's birthday gift is a set of
magnetic building tiles. I had taken out all 100 pieces to demonstrate that they worked - clearly a man's job. Now they had to go back into the box to be wrapped for her birthday party. Fitting them back in was a challenge. My suggested solution was to put them in a cloth shopping bag where they'd be easier for her parents to put them in each time they picked them up. Apparently, my taste in how to give a birthday present isn't up to standards. They'll be given in the box with the cloth bag handed to the parents on the sly.
onebyone – Neat Weight Loss Advantages, especially liked
"save money and having lots of choices." Good luck deciding about graduate school. [Thanks for the link to the Capote film; that looks good. Alas, Pittsburg seems very far away from Boston. Maybe it's time for a cross-country tour to pick that up with so many other places stretched out over those 3000 miles.]
Joy (gardenerjoy) – [It'd be terrific if Massachusetts
"can work out race issues using children's books." Maybe this one, brave librarian will get us started where so many have tried and failed. Her detractors are adamant that she wasn't 'polite' to make the points that she made. I do admire what you've been doing in Saint Louis these years. It's such a challenge. The lecture,
Slavery in the North: The Enslaved People of Cambridge & Medford filled up instantly - two months in advance - before I could sign up. D*rn!]
silverbirch – Ouch for the attack of the tiny, tiny invaders. May they just wander away. I'm a big believer in cranberry juice which, I've also been told, has no effect except to get you to enjoy drinking liquids.
nationalparker – Happy World Vegetarian Day - even if you're not 100% vegetarian. Ouch for a trip to Sam's for a full carton for just one piece. I also like almond butter but don't get into it often.
Karen (karenrn) - Kudos for recognizing that you have to step back from family dynamics that you can't change. Yay for celebrating your large Molasses cookie.
curlyjax - Yep, it's great when the next generation moves into the neighborhood. House prices around here are a bit steep for young families; makes me wonder if all the old folks have to pass away before the prices can drop enough for kids to be able to afford homes. Good luck deciding about that job opportunity.
Readers -
Quote:
chapter 4 How To Use the Beck Diet Solution
The Two-Week Wait
Every diet provides you with a plan that tells you what you should and shouldn't eat. But knowing what to eat is only a small part of successful dieting. In fact, the Beck Diet Solution doesn't tell you what to eat. You can choose any reasonable diet. If you followed a sensible diet in the past but couldn't lose weight or keep it off, it wasn't necessarily the diet's fault. You just didn't have the skills to make the diet work - now you will. This program teaches you how to eat, how to motivate yourself every day, how to create time and energy for dieting, how to solve diet-related problems, and how to use many other essential techniques.
Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., The Beck Diet Solution (Pink book), pg 45.