Royal Fresh Start Express... all aboard!

anagram · 05-14-2009, 10:43 AM

I'm all in favor of brain fluffing - need to do more of it.

I think my scale is going mad - 200.8 this morning. But I'm loving it. Certainly is encouraging to stay with the program at this point. I do at times tend to hold onto a lot of water and am thinking the bladder infection might have had me higher than I might have been otherwise and now that I'm done w/that and the antibiotic, I've had a whoosh. However, today's whoosh - well i just dont' know. But I'm marking it down. It's a new current low and I'll claim it even if it doesn't last.

Bought some more flowers yesterday. Impatiens for the P of P&C which still needs a good scrub down. Tomorrow's another day.

An appt. this a.m. then lunch w/friend this afternoon. The remaining junk moved to the garage can wait. DD wants to see it all before it goes (well, she wants to see most of it). And then there's that tendency that plagues me - trying to find a home for anything with any useful life left in it.

New neighbors moved in the one house across the street last week and I think the others will be coming this weekend. Bad news - sweetheart next door told me they're putting their house up for sale. These are the little boys who occasionally spend time with me. These people have been such a joy but it is their time to move on, I'm afraid.

Raining at the moment but that's okay too. Don't have to water the things I've already planted.

Great day to all

s!!!!

qsilver · 05-15-2009, 12:41 AM

Brain fluffing

Just the image I needed to take to bed with me tonight.

I'm almost back to the palace for real. 13 days left of school here! Approximately 80 research papers, 55 presentations, 35 short essays, and 75 synthesis projects left to grade. There is light at the end of the tunnel! My first year is almost behind me! Wahoo!

I'd better calm myself back down to the good giggle I started with over brain fluffing. Brings to mind images of these new towels my honey bought the other day. Yeah, I'm a bit tired and feeling more than a bit silly. Fluffing pillows might be a good activity for me now so I can get some decent brain fluffing of my own in tomorrow.

Night!

Andria

Arabella · 05-15-2009, 09:37 AM

Fly-by postie. I'm on deadly deadline but will get where I get by noon, finish my other duties for the week and get the heck out of Dodge.

I'm focusing on thinking of myself as svelte (Greek statuary being my image ) and thinking of my body's need to be slender. (From Gabriel Method) Those and trying to lull stress. Lots of deep breathing!

Anagram! You could cross the border any day now.

I'm sorry your boyfriends are moving! I've been enjoying mine even if he does make it a little hard to get work done.

Andria, congrats on getting through the first year! Have some balloons: Looking forward to seeing you in here more.

K, chicklies, I'd better scram. Have a lovely FRIDAY!!!

anagram · 05-15-2009, 11:47 AM

Well, that bubble burst - 204.4 today (sob!). However, I only write down "lowest" so I'll keep the last two days in mind and make sure I drink enough water.

Lordy, grading all of those things would certainly leave my brain in need of fluffing! But the best thing, andria, is that next year you'll be an "experienced" teacher and (while it will still be a lot), you'll have an even stronger way of making it all work.

Lulling stress is such an on going job, isn't it, WN? How's the new little one coming along and is DGS getting to see Mom a little more?

Off to tai chi - sort of stiff today so it should help. IT'S FRIDAY!!!!

Sunny, nice out - at least for now. And I'm off to P'ville this weekend so some dance recitals to look forward to.

Arabella · 05-17-2009, 02:42 PM

Beware all ye who enter here -- I feel a long post coming on...

Not a sunny day, kind of a grey and blustery one but I'm enjoying that anyway. Went for a long walk with DH and have convinced him to go out to the movies this evening so we'll get more walking in then. I may go out in a bit to pull some of the multitudinous Norway maples out of the flowerbed they think should be a forest.

I'm getting increasingly convinced by The Gabriel Method and am going to really give it a shot. Most of the "work" part of it is positive visualization and stress relief. Which seems like -- wow, is that all I have to do? On some level, I believe that's the case. There are reasons why I've gained this weight (numbing myself, putting up a buffer between me and some people, trying to be invisible, etc.). According to this theory, I just need to convince my body that it's safer for me to be slim than it is to be fat.

This part really hit home:

Even the simplest and most effortless approach to weight loss will fail if you have emotional obesity. Someone could say to you, "All you need to do is lift your little finger once a day for thirty days straight in order to lose weight," but if you're in the grip of emotional obesity, you'll find some reason why it wasn't possible to complete the program. You'll "forget" or you "won't have time" or "other things will just get in the way."

I thought, I can totally see that. First day, no problem, second day, probably no problem. But would I get through the month? I likely would but I can totally see not making it too. I'd be a "forgetter" I think.

A few incidents come to mind for me:

The night we were called to emergency because DS had had a bike accident and was concussed. I remember being in the waiting room and looking down at my leg thinking "That looks like a normal person's leg." And I started to regain.

After a traumatic experience early in my relationship with DH, I started to gain weight. We went to London and met a friend of mine who was living there. As I embraced my friend, I had the thought pop into my head "Oh, but I didn't want to separate myself from YOU!"

My sister and I discussing relationships and weight gain -- both feeling like, on some level, we gained weight to keep men away from us but, darn it all, it didn't seem to be working. Like, you know, how fat would we have to get?

Yeah, anyway, Gabriel encourages you to look into your issues but focuses mainly on just reprogramming your body and mind to understand that you're safe.

In other news:

I was accepted to the screenwriting bootcamp!!!

I'm hoping to get several days out of town out of the deal in a country inn (I say hoping because I haven't yet gotten a response from my attempt to book the room, but I expect to be successful.) Workshops every day, culminating in a film industry dinner on the Thursday night where we'll meet representatives of production companies and then pitching sessions on Friday where we'll be *gulp* actually trying to sell our scripts.

Anagram, you're still so close! You'll be slipping across the border any day.

Well, that's it for me for today. Hope all ly folk are enjoying a blissful Sunday!

Amarantha · 05-17-2009, 11:39 PM

I'm sort of in and out of the palace these days lurking, have gotten used to the fact that 3FC won't offer no ad subscriptions and so may be here more on the forum in general and here in particular.

Sorry am so far behind and not the queenly participant I used to be and for the me-me-ness o' this postie!

Lol, I am in a me-me phase of life, but did want to say hello.

Arabella, that is great news re your screenwriting bootcamp. Enjoy.

I'm on deadline for three days, maybe see ye later, queens.

Arabella · 05-18-2009, 08:10 AM

I managed, last night at dinner, to give myself a significantly smaller portion, positively "dainty" in comparison. Managed to put the fork down between bites, chew slowly and thoroughly.

I listened to the audio file last night as I was going to sleep. It was really relaxing. Gabriel claims that once you convince your body it doesn't need to be fat, that it's safe to be slim, your body's going to make you lose weight.

So. I was hungry this morning. I ate a handful of nuts when I first got up. Then I was hungry again an hour-and-a-half or so later and got my bowl of muesli. I was just eating it, slowly, and thinking about whether I'd be hungry again later in the morning and suddenly I just felt nauseous. Could not eat another bite.

A couple of times over the weekend, I'd had that little voice tell me "I think that's enough." But I managed to override it. Nausea? That convinced me. I hope I get the little voice again. I promise I'll listen!

Janga, always so nice to see you! Love the quotes.

May all lies have a sublime day as they go about their royal bidness!

carolr3639 · 05-18-2009, 12:27 PM

Arabella, I read your post on the Gabriel method and it sounds a lot like intuitive eating........between hunger and satisfaction. Our bodies weren't designed to lose weight, they were designed to survive famines which we don't have now except for our self inflicted diets. If we just eat when hungry and stop when satisfied, out bodies will lower our appetites and we will gradually lose weight. It make take longer than a diet but it's worth less struggle.

Arabella · 05-18-2009, 03:09 PM

On the other hand, it can also be faster than a diet too. And could end the struggle forever -- imagine!

wsw · 05-19-2009, 08:41 PM

just wanted to check in and say hi, and i'm still around. have had a lot of "ms technical difficulties" of late. will be back sometime soon with personal responses. i have been thinking of you all fondly, and missing you. take care.

Arabella · 05-20-2009, 07:18 AM

Good morning, lies!

I'm still going with the Gabriel Method and feeling reenergized all 'round. Portion control is easier, I'm enjoying exercise more, feeling more positive about my whole life. It's like I've given myself permission to live. I'm thinking of starting a thread for it...

I just got back from the gym and I'm feeling like I want to go for a run...

Had a nice lunch yesterday with my friend who's coordinating the bootcamp. I'm SO excited about this! Lots of work but lots of fun, too. Stepping right out of my comfort zone.

Still looking after DGS after school, which is fun but not the greatest for letting me get through work that needs to be done.

WSW, sorry to hear you've been having a rough go of it again! Cursed MS technical difficulties! Sending good energy... :

Right then, I'd best get hopping. Love to all!

anagram · 05-20-2009, 09:32 AM

Hope the tech diffs get better soon, wsw. No fun.

Congrats on bootcamp, WN. It DOES sound like fun.

Having 'puter problems here so not been on as much. Lovely weather though and lots out for trash again this week. Hope to do a teeny bit of garden work before heading on to the "musts".

Enjoyed the dance recitals - one was 19 "acts" of various types of dances, jazz, ballet, hip hop, modern and "jazz funk" (?). Each of the princesses was in one of those acts. The second show was at least 25 "acts". Lots of talent in these kids - but none of my favorite "tots in tutus" in either show. Princess 13 was in at least 3 or 4 in the second show. Very entertaining.

Running on a fairly tight schedule today so I'm off or I won't get to the garden work (basically weeding and prettifying generally). So I regretfully leave the Palace and reenter the real world....................

wsw · 05-20-2009, 09:19 PM

i'm woefully behind on reading posts, but will get caught up eventually.

anagram-the princess's recitals sound like they were loverly! hope 'puter problems are resolved, or will be soon.

arabella-congrats on screenwriters' bootcamp!

and hi janga, and all our lovely royals.

having some ms technical difficulties now, so will sign off for now. take care, all.

Arabella · 05-22-2009, 09:29 AM

So. Back from WI and I've taken off the 2.2 I was up last time. I'm still one up from ticker but not for long.

Gabriel method is working very nicely. When I'm not hungry I have zero interest in food. While I was waiting at the dentist's office the other day, I was looking at a magazine and I didn't even want to look at the recipe pages because I'd just had lunch. I've got more energy and I'm more positive about everything. Having the bootcamp coming up is a nice thing to happen at the same time, because the energy and positivity help there, too.

One of my assignments for bootcamp is to watch a movie that's similar in style to what I envision for mine. Since I'm off today, and it's supposed to get cool and cloud over this aft, a spooky movie seems like just the thing.

Anagram, gardening (weeding) is on my agenda, too. I've got one flowerbed that wants to be a forest. Norway maples! They are disinvited! Was thinking that with this bed, it would probably be easier to dig it out and start over.

WSW, sending you good energy!

Love to all lies -- happy Friday!

wsw · 05-24-2009, 09:28 AM

good morning, all. hope everyone is having a good weekend. the weather here has been nice the past couple of days---not too humid, which makes all the difference, and is all too rare here. --and so i am savoring every moment until the big heat and humidity arrive. well, thinking of you, dear royals. take care.