Good Morning Ladies!
Barbara: I'm so sorry for your loss.
My heart and prayers go out to your and your DH. Take care of one another and we will all be thinking of you.
Terri: You did so much work this weekend! It must feel good to get so much accomplished. When DH had been asking what I wanted for my birthday, I told him I wanted to paint the house…instead we went to Chicago.
I can't say I'm sorry…but we really need to get busy and get some projects actually completed. We had plans for so much when the weather got better, that is to say, not so darn hot!, but with his new job I can't see it getting done. I'm gonna have to just do this stuff myself! I'm glad to hear your mom's tests showed nothing…but agree with you, she needs to see a specialist. Quality of life is too important to just feel rotten all the time.
Valerie! I'm so glad you are off the truck! We'll have to get used to seeing you around, huh? Guess we'll live…
on the three pounds down! Water or not, it's good to see, huh? I'm sure it's the first of many, many to come. $200 jumper cables! My DH would be returning them to the store pronto!
I'm afraid I'm a bit too frugal, but I simply won't pay that much when there's so many other cheaper ones out there! Call me the nagging wife I guess. Then again, DH and I made an agreement before we married that we wouldn't spend more than $50 on anything without consulting the other first – so I have the agreement to back me up when I get ticked off at him over spending. Handy.
Ruth: SO good to see you post again!
for your mom….it must be hard. Don't worry about that nasty scale. They are evil creatures that take great delight in torturing us.
When the weight goes on that fast it comes back off pretty fast too. I'm sure of it.
Really – I HAVE to be sure of it – 'cause I'm in the same boat with my food-filled weekend.
Karen: Did you try a potassium supplement? I always thought it was the potassium that was the good stuff for cramps. I have to take one every day as my BP meds suck it out of my system. Or maybe other foods high in potassium - orange juice, baked potato, winter squash, tomato juice, vegetable juice cocktail, avocado, one- cooked dried beans and black strap molasses. Potassium tends to constipate, rather than the other. Then again, I subscribe to the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" philosophy on medicines. If your banana is working, I don't see how ½ a banana once a day is going to hurt your diet efforts that much. Better to be healthy and feel good any day! Oh, nearly forgot -
on your loss too!
Angela: Did you find anything exciting to do? Hope your weekend was good!
Mary! My turtle friend!
Glad to see you post! I've never in my life had poison ivy – not allergic. I've camped in the middle of it, pulled it up with my hands, when I was a girl scout I dug a latrine in a patch of it! (We sent girls home from camp – it was BAD!) So I can't even imagine how horrible it would be to get it in your eyes, but just the thought makes me shudder! Be careful! I agree with you about WW. I truly think it's a great way to learn to eat in a way you can live with all your life! Even this weekend, knowing I was overeating, was better than it ever used to be when I didn't even realize that the choices I was making were bad ones. I've learned so much.
Gloria: I know I've welcomed you before, but
again! I think you've come to the right place for support. If I may offer tips…one of the first thing I did when I got serious about my weight was to examine how I used to eat. We ate a lot of fast food. I looked up the nutrition information on the internet and saw how badly I was eating. I made lists of places I could and couldn't eat and stay on program (OP) and what foods were okay and the points for each. I weighed and measured my food. I was surprised by how much pasta is in a cup – surprised both by how big the serving was, and how small, compared to what we used to eat. I still weigh and measure quite a bit, although I've gotten pretty good at estimating. Most importantly – don't quit when you flounder. If you have a donut for breakfast don't just scrap the whole day and pig-out (something I used to do all the time) just start over with healthy foods the next meal. If you never stop trying you can't fail!
Celery: BABY??? Come on Grandma – photos!
Well ladies, food wasn't great again yesterday. Went over the points again. But today is a new day and I'm set to do well. If tomorrow's WI shows me up – which I'm sure it will – I'm just gonna keep plugging away. I've proven over the preceding two weeks that staying OP works – so any bad weekend gain will come back off.
I'm rather surprised by the small amount of soreness I have from all the walking this weekend. We were so worn out that even DS was complaining about his feet and back hurting from standing and walking so much! Needless to say, the skinny 11 yr old boy got NO sympathy from his 40-something fat parents!
Poor child. I did some quick estimating and it looks like we walked more than 6 miles the first day, close to four the second – just distance between destinations. That doesn't count the walking and standing in line inside the museums and Sears Tower. Thank heavens for good shoes! I know I could not have done this 80 lbs ago and it makes me more determined to work harder to lose the rest of this weight. Makes me kind of mad at myself
I could have lost a bunch of weight if I'd stayed OP with all that walking! But NO! Not ME! I had to be a big old pig! Ah well, life goes on.
Speaking of which, I need to end this and get it sent...must work extra hard when I've only got a 4-day week! Lots of love to my lovely ladies!