Enjoy!
 

Lilion, Have a wonderful, fun filled trip. You will be missed.:cry::hug: My leg is better. I am not up dancing around yet though. :)

Hi Angela, sorry things are still hectic for you. Take care.

Anne, Good luck with the studies. I admire anyone who continues thier education. I think my brain couldn't stand the strain, it would probably explode! :p

Heather, sounds as if you are still moving at the speed of light too. Nothing I can say will help that situation, but try to get some relax time.

Hey Val, get in here and give us a report. I know yuou are out there! :D

Well ladies and all lurkers have a wonderful weekend. Ta Ruth:wave:

Hello friends. Thanks so much for missing me. I guess I've been busy, but I've also hit that point where I just feel like a hippocrite, because I haven't been able to get my weight loss going, and especially haven't gotten my diet under control. I'm trying again, as always, and have even worked out 2 days in a row. I've just started feeling rather like a fraud. All I do is talk about it, but I don't stick with it. Spring is almost here - AGAIN - and I'm still not improving. Not that the dream is dead, or that I've given up the fight, I just feel, well, not exactly like a liar, just like somebody who's full o' hoopla. There's only one thing to do, of course: Refocus. Regroup. Re-explore ways to succeed. Re-commit. Re-evaluate. Re-visit the places & plans that foster success. I just don't seem to have any enthusiasm for it. I remember how success feels, I just also remember that every time I've succeeded, I've also fallen on my face.

The good news is that I'm encouraged that I might actually get hired in here. Maybe. Eventually. And if I do, then hopefully the weight loss programs they offer will be more accessable to me. Time will tell, but I can't wait without continuing the effort.

Yesterday was really good. But today I had a large slice of pizza for lunch. Yes, it was veggie, but c'mon - that's not really fooling me in to thinking it was a good thing.

Blizzarding here. Bill is supposed to come home this weekend. I hope he can get in the driveway. They just offered us the option of going home early because of the weather. I think I'm going to take it, if for no other reason than I can really use a mental health day.

So, should I go ride my horse, or go clean my house?? Which will make me feel better ultimately? I know the dogs will vote for keeping me home with them...

I'll try to get back here more. I do miss you guys. I just feel so... both selfish and dishonest.

Please have a wonderful day, and I hope the sun is shining where at least SOME of you are!

Good day,

I got my exercise out of the way early again in preparation... for a nap. It's snowing again, and we're expecting 12-16" (30-40cm). Oh joy. I also just realised that I brought in hamburgers for dinner tonight. Oh well, at least the barbecue is close to the back door.

Lilion - hope you have a good trip. We'll see you when you get back.

Ruth - I'm glad to hear that your leg is better. No jumping up and down until it is completely better though!

Val - I'd never pick cleaning over anything, so if the weather isn't too bad - ride. I know it's tempting to avoid posting when you're off plan, but it can be the start of a horrible trend. If you can't commit to losing at the moment, then at a minimum commit to maintaining. The last time I wandered away (although I wasn't here long to start with) I didn't even maintain. Commit to making a small change to get yourself back on track. If you can make that small change, then try another. Before you know it you'll be back on track. Best of luck, and do check in a little bit more.

I just have to get away from the desk now. You see, it faces the family room window, and all I can see is snow!

:snowglo:

Ruth--Glad you're feeling better!

Val--You're NOT a liar! For heaven's sake, you're very honest as far as I can see. I think you're facing a challenge I face often: treating yourself with love and respect instead of beating yourself up.

Anne--Thanks for the good thoughts. I'm not coming after you! I know how much I need to plan. I'm going to see what I can do this week!

Here we go....

So my scale shows me down one more pound. I guess I should be happy that I'm taking these 1 pound losses without planning, since that must mean I'm actually making lifestyle changes. But now I'm 3 pounds from being under 300, and honestly, my goal at this moment is to lose 3 pounds.

Val, have I ever mentioned that my mom and her family are all from your neck of the woods? (Leavittsburg/Newton Falls) I'll be out there in the late spring and summer--we should get together, yes?

ANGELA - YES! YES! Please let's get together if you have time on your visit! It would be wonderful!

ANNE - THank you so much, and I know you're right about not posting.

...Rats! I had more of a post written out, but the puppy was climbing in my lap and we managed to delete it. Poor sweet puppy just wants kisses. The car is running so I better go do what I need to. One of those things is to go shopping. At least I can cook at the house again. I don't know if I mentioned it, but we thought the well or pump had died, and I had no water for a week or so. I was basically camping in my own house, which meant everything I ate was ordered out, including fast food. I actually ate french fries 2-3 times, and I NEVER eat french fries.

Angela -- The thought of another 10 week term is monstrous right now. Be grateful for what you have!

Val -- You aren't a hypocrite, luv. Please don't stay away because of THAT! :hug:

Lilion -- Have fun!

Anne -- I do sometimes get to travel at off times, but not much!

Ruth -- :wave:

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Good morning ladies, How are you today? I know that most of you don't show up on the weekend so I had better do my bit to keep us active. LOL!

Boy, has the weather been crazy lately or what? Its cold, its hot, its snowing, its raining and no telling what the next minute. Oh, and the wind would blow you into the next county the last day or two. Ah, the joys of springtime. ;)

Val, there you are! :wave: Girl, if being 100% on program was a requirement for posting here, how many people do you think would belong. :p Not many I am sure. We all fail at times, you know? We just have to pick ourselves up and start again. Don't stay away because you are off program. You will get back there. :hug:

Terri? :wave: Get tired of that break and come back, I miss you! As someone said, you are our anchor. What? You don't like to feel needed? ;)

Heather, Angela, and Anne,:wave: Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend!

I was so totally bored yesterday. I still can't do so much on this leg, so sitting is my pastime. UGH! I am not very good at it when I don't have anything I want to do. Nothing on tv, didn't want to read or do anything on the computer, so I was BORED! The only good thing was that I didn't turn to food for entertainment. :carrot: I used to do needlework and sew a lot but lately I just can't seem to get into any of that. Well, I can sit and have a pity party can't I? LOL! Anybody want to join my party?

I guess maybe I have bored all of you enough for one day so I will move along now.....Ta, Ruth

Hi,all
I'm back:carrot:. I haven't been lurking, but I have been recovering from that nasty flu and quite frankly, spending a lot of time crying. Losing this dear friend has really set me back hard. I've known her almost 30 years and every minute spent with her was a treasure. This last two weeks has been a confluence of things - on top of the flu and the death of my friend, my little cat Katie came out of the bedroom last Sunday looking like she was having a stroke! Her head was all bent down and she was walking funny. I was in a panic!:dizzy: I dashed her off to the emergency vet and $1,000 later was told, "We're not really sure what's going on with Katie. It may be neuro-muscular." Her bloodwork and xrays were okay and her potassium was just a little low so they kept her overnight to give her potassium to see if that helped. It didn't. I think she sprained her neck when she fell one night trying to jump up on the table near my bed and missed. Then she slept in a curled up position all day and it stiffened up. So we put her on a course of steroids and by the third day she was back to normal. So that's a relief. But it has been an emotional rollercoaster. I still break down crying every once in a while about my friend but that will get better. In the summer at our camp we will have a memorial service and she always wanted me to deliver the eulogy, so I will be better able to do that then, though God knows how I'll get through it.
Ruth I hope your leg gets better soon. I know how frustrating that is. I pulled my left hamstring and just as it was getting to the point when I thought it was healed, i pulled it again! Now I'm back to the beginning again! We just don't heal as fast as we used to.
Take care ladies. I'll be better about checking in next week. I think my life may actually be back on track now. :cp:

Bearcub--So sorry you've had such a hard week. Good thoughts coming your way...

Ruth--I wish I didn't know what to do when sitting! No games on line you would enjoy? Keep writing to us at least while you're bored! Got any good pics to add to the pic thread?

Nothing much going on here... shoulda been working but this was the power outage day of spring break, so I couldn't work on campus, and what I most needed to do needed to be done there. I did buy some slip covers for my mismatched furniture. Maybe tomorrow I'll get those on, but tomorrow I'll have to get back to work.