[Brendalee]

I do the same with cleaning, it can wait til the weekend. Besides that is when I need the workout from it the most

I have got to say tha I thought Flylady was a great idea and I signed up, but immediately cancelled because they send you at least 20 emails per day, and frankly, if I spend 2 hours reading emails, I am neglecting what I should be doing anyway. I also found that half the stuff just was not me. But hey I know a lot of folks that found it to work for them so I won't knock it. Just not for me lol.

[Misti in Seattle]

Originally Posted by lucky

A change in attitude will make you feel better about things too. You say that 10 pm rolls around and you haven't done anything "me" all day. What if you started thinking of your work out as "me" time? Taking time to plan healthy meals is "me" time when you consider that you are doing to to make yourself a happier, healthier person. Try not to think of these wonderful things you are doing for yourself as just one more thing that has to get done. They are for YOU. Enjoy them and don't lump them in with all the other awful chores that we all tend to dread and have to make ourselves do.

Great post! I am learning to think that way about my exercise and planning and preparing healthy meals too, and it does really help me keep a positive attitude. You did a very nice job of expressing it... thanks!

[harrypotterybarn]

Not to get too offtopic here, but I followed the link to FlyLady and signed up (hey, it couldn't hurt!). But here I am on day 2 of the beginner steps and it says "get dressed to lace up shoes". What does that mean? I kind of get the gist of it, that you should treat every day as special and prepare as such, but I've never come across that phrase before.

Is it some sort of local colloquialism that has somehow elluded me? Just curious!

[Misti in Seattle]

I have no idea what the phrase means either. But when Brenda said she got 20 emails a day that was enough to convince ME not to sign up.

[MariaOfColumbia]

Originally Posted by Misti in Seattle

My kitchen is such a mess right now that my clothes dryer broke and I am waiting to call management until I can get the mess cleaned up since I don't want them coming in and seeing this place!

LOL! I've done that before. After a few days of no clean clothes, my kids were actually willing to help clean up the area enough that we could finally call the repairman.

It's remarkable how much the rest of my family DON'T help take up the slack when the place gets awful due to how tired I get-- and I do get tired easy on 1300 calories per day!

[WaterWater]

Originally Posted by harrypotterybarn

Not to get too offtopic here, but I followed the link to FlyLady and signed up (hey, it couldn't hurt!). But here I am on day 2 of the beginner steps and it says "get dressed to lace up shoes". What does that mean? I kind of get the gist of it, that you should treat every day as special and prepare as such, but I've never come across that phrase before.

Is it some sort of local colloquialism that has somehow elluded me? Just curious!

It just means to get up and get dressed, head to toe, including lace up shoes. The point is that with lace up shoes on and fully dressed you will be in 'go' mode and less likely to laze around.

I like FlyLady and a lot of her concepts, but I must admit that I have to take her in small doses. I will subscribe for a while, read what I need and delete the rest, and then unsubscribe for a while. She has some great ideas and it is a great motivator, but sometimes it can be a bit much.