Wow, so much chattiness!
Yup, I'm truly back...exhausted and very happy...it was a great trip!
Barb, I'm so sorry you are working so hard. I'm sending lots of prayers and
: that your work, cat, and son all let you get some sleep!!!!
Mama, that must be so frustrating! Your ball of yarn is obviously next to Anchor's tuna, cac's heart monitor, Hershey's dog coats, and my belt.
By the way, you might try a petition to St. Anthony, the patron saint of lost things. A Catholic friend of mine taught me this prayer, and she said that the best way to make it work is to call St. Anthony "Tony", which he hates. She says this makes him look faster so you'll stop calling him that.
Anyways, I've done it several times, and it's usually successful, even though I'm not Catholic!
Here's what you do: say, "Tony, Tony, look around, a (insert lost item here) is lost, it must be found." Then walk around your house saying it over and over, and looking until you find it. Then thank him, calling him Anthony.
And don't ignore the urging to go to weird places...the first time I used this, I was looking for a birthday present for a friend. I felt this urging to go to the back room, where I KNEW the present was not, but I went anyway. Guess where I found it!
Bamie, good for you on the bike!
Ellis, so glad you are protesting. You go girl! My radio station today mentioned the visit and said that many Canadians don't agree. Of course, I thought of you, and that warmed my heart!
But do beware of the crazy protesters!
If Ruth can get injured in a parade, who knows what could happen at a protest!
I hear those Canucks can be pretty violent, eh.
Me:
I hope everyone is having a really great day...sorry not to respond to all! I'm going nuts trying to catch up with stuff at work! 244 e-mails, voice mails, and a huge mailing to do!
The trip was absolutely fantastic, though! I didn't gain a pound, which is a miracle, because after my planned cheat, I became a sugar maniac!
I did try to include lots of veggies, and I didn't eat too many sweets, but I did eat a lot of bad carbs.
Still, I enjoyed every bite, and the way I felt (cravy, mean, sick, tired, cranky) reminded me how much I love SBD, and that eating that stuff is just not worth it. At all. I'm glad to be back home and back OP! I'm doing Phase 1 for a week to detox, and hoping it can help me break this month-long plateau in the low 230's!!!
I did do a ton of walking in Europe...about 6 to 9 miles a day, according to my pedometer! I think that helped. And randomly, I appear to have lost some fat around the middle, as I can now fit into my size 22 jeans that I haven't been able to zip, and can zip up my skinny-slim-in-to skirt (size 14)! Very cool!
Had our final meeting for the pedometer program at work this morning. My blood pressure was up a little, but their scale (which is six pounds less than mine...I need to steal it!) showed me at 30 pounds down since mid September. My BMI went from 35.5 to 31.3, and my fat went from 39% to 35.1%.
That is awesome!!!
It's good to see encouraging news after my month of plateauing. This plateau is crazy...even my TOM and overeating in Europe couldn't break it!
But I'm going to keep on keeping on. This WOE really makes me feel so good!
So glad to be back...but hope to share some pictures once I get them off the camera. It was a wonderful trip. And btw, the tea at the Savoy was miraculous and so fun!