Thanks for the congratulations on my weight loss and march to goal, Wsw!! I did have a very pleasant day yesterdy.

Hope your day went well yesterday and that you have a great rest of the week. Congrats on getting back to listening to meditation cd more consistently. Hope you DO get your under 100 temps.

Up early to enjoy some cool temps myself before the day heats up. Also thinking of the dear royals who are near or far away.

The heat has been bothering me a lot more this year, too, wsw! Lol, and I live in Arizona, so doubt we'll have much in the way of respite for a long, long time now. But slowly the temp will go down or the monsoon will bring relief for a while. I am feeling like fall or winter already. So looking forward to that this year and reaching my goal on December 30 or before lol.

Congrats on the op food and exercise day. I stayed that way, too.

I am developing a set of RULES for this diet, inspired by the Bob Harper "Skinny Rules" book, although I DON'T want to be skinny per se, don't even like the word.

The two rules on the list so far are to 1) plan my food for days I work meetings and 2) exercise daily, which I already do, but it is on the list now.

Lol, off to shop now as work starts tomorrow and I want to have all my food prepared and logged for two days.

Take care everyone.

Howdy wsw and all other royals mentioned or un- who may or may not be a'lurkin' or otherwise inhabitin' this palace thread.

This is my Day 172 of my backward count to MY GOAL DAY! Focusing heavily on Rule #1 of my diet rules, plan food for days I work meetings. Have scheduled meeting to work that looks to be six to seven hours and this would normally cause me to overeat BUT I am focused on the one true mantra for the week: "139 POINT ANYTHING! 139 POINT ANYTHING!" I need to lose only half a pound to get back into the 130s.

Resting until afternoon now. Here be the streakity streak!

WEDNESDAY: July 11, 2012, Day 290 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 60 min walk, 15 min yogalates, (music: Pachelbel’s Canon in D/for yogalates, no music for walk/talked with friend in park), total streakity streak minutes so far 21,875 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!)

Hello, Royals.....I know I'll always be welcome to the Consistant Crew if I can find my way back.

I had an AHA moment last week when I said to SELF
"I've given up" and SELF tried to convince me I had not as that has not been a characteristic of moi nor one I like. However, after reflection, I realized I had indeed "given up" maybe not vocally but in practice and as a consequence I had gained back some very hard lost weight.

One can always find "reasons" and of coiurse I have lots of them. But I've faced up to more in the past and remained stalwart so none of them are worth a sou.

At any rate, I am hopefully back on board and will try to play catchup. Was very interested in the "solar flares" funk post by Arabella. Hmmm.

At any rate, I'm promising me I'll be back in the palace just to read about "dainty fingernail holding on" and streakity steaks and walkabouts and all of the things I have missed in my self indulgent wanderings.

Wootness, we have Anagram back in the palace! Huzzah, love the "Consistent Crew" tag and so glad to see ye, Queen A! Loved reading about your wanderings.

To expand lol (translation, talk a lot 'cause I am delaying starting work for the day, need to get a project done), I wander a lot myself, in fact and in my wits lol, and have no apologies about it ever in life or on the internet 'cause wandering is how we experience new and exciting new things and learn about ourselves and others. I totally relate to wandering.

At any rate, so glad ye are on board Consistent Crew Royal Anagram.

Huzzah also to Wsw! Sleeping is not my best event either lol. And ditto on lack o' sleepin' triggerin' the urge to eat eat eat.

Here be the thing re moi for now, t'is 169 on the MAGNIFICENT MARCH on and on and on backwards to MY GOAL DAY! Yay!

Had nice meet-up in park with a walking partner and did some of the standing pilates moves that have been helping me improve balance and alignment, then we walked and had a nice long talk. She is a great old friend (as in time known, not as in her age, she is younger than I am) and such a positive and upbeat personality it is hard not to be in a good mood even though it was semi-raining (which we like in Arizona, so that is okay).

Regarding the streakity streak:

SATURDAY: July 14, 2012, Day 293 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 70 min walk, 5 min standing pilates, (music: conversation with walking pard in park), total streakity streak minutes so far 22,105 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!)

Good very hot morning, Royals! I've watered the posies, cut up strawberries and cucumbers, made tuna salad and diet Jello - all before 9:00 and all in my bathing suit (no, don't try to picture it!).

I'm improving and losing some of that "immediate" stuff. Relating strongly to Kaylets "in the moment" prose. I wasn't weighing but "felt" the gain - in clothes and just in general. A lot of celery usually helps that and it seems to be the ticket again.

Also relating well to the Empress re every pound off keeping the body younger. Have not really lost much over the last ten years (it's almost that long since I managed to lose fifty pounds) but the last few weeks have once again showed me just how easily I could gain it all back. More and more physical problems cry out for more loss.

A few days ago I put in a bid for a house. Undeniably a lowball bid and I'm not expecting to get it but then one never knows. Have been looking since February or so (in fits and spurts as new things come on the market).
And working more and more (tho not consistently) on getting this place ready to sell. emotional, you bet - parting with old memories (and some things I don't even remember). But my memories are in my head and my heart and I must face up to that "aging" process and ready my "elder stateswoman" castle.

So, did tai chi yesterday (been faithful but that's been cut to once a week and second class never reset - First long term group to go back to twice a week in September.)

To pool today as well - only made it twice so far this month. Must up attendance/cut per visit cost before end of month. Still doing PT for my back which mostly involves strengthening core. Legs feel more muscled - to me - but then nobody else wants to know.

So that's the plan. Eat lightly, stay hydrated, work on all that dumb stuff that needs to be done and llook for little rewards. I like you cheater day, Kaylets. That was a feature when I lost years ago. It was easy knowing there would be one day a week I could go out and order as I "pleased". Just not working as well right now. Focus, focus, focus.