Hi there, I am back from a day of shopping with my boy. DH is not feeling well, so it was just me and the boy.
bigmomma - what an awesome NSV! I think it's great that you are including your kids and that they are so proud of you! DS (10) is very supportive of my efforts and very honest about how I look in clothes. He is on the outer edges of the autism spectrum so he does not have a natural knack for little white lies that make people feel better, so I know his feedback is honest.
Sharon - I'm sorry for all that you have been going through. I think it's so great that you have maintained through such a stressful time. Great that you were able to continue to take care of yourself!
Ratkity - how did the knee hold up to mowing the lawn?
Bunny - I love the phrase that your DH uses with you and I think he's awesome for doing so! Do you do any kind of daily affirmation? I have one - it's long, and I've developed a sort of melody that goes along with it, so I kinda sing it to myself (either out loud or in my head depending). It helps.
Cyn - what are fabric Christmas balls? I am always looking ahead for ideas for next year even when I am still working on this year's presents
Great that the card game was fun! Glad that everything went well at the Dr's. I take fish oil pills daily and also give them to my son.
Annie - you rocked it this week! Getting back on track and having a 5lb loss! And you are so close to your next goal, I bet it will help you stay on track. Good for you that you are thinking positively about the unexpected changes in your life.
Debi - great job maintaining through this tough week!
Mimi - if you get to the point of "I absolutely have to exercise or my day will be incomplete" before I do, please share the secret - and if I get there first I'll share
It's the thing I struggle with the most. I know how good it is for me. I know how good I feel after. But boy do I have a hard time with it. I'm trying Debbie's strategy of planning it the night before. We'll see how that goes. You are doing awesome though, and remember consistency not perfection is the key
Bumblebee: CONGRATULATIONS!!
Debbie - would you post the letters so we can all try to figure out the phrase? pleeeeeeease (I just love stuff like that). Glad you had fun at the maze
We didn't end up going this year, hopefully we'll go again next year. As far as Christmas projects, this year I'm making a collection of good smelling things: definitely making: potpourri to simmer on the stove, scented salt dough sachets to hang in the closet, herbal paper sachets for drawers; maybe making: pine cones dipped in scented wax as fire starters, car air fresheners (I found a site that sells shaped blanks), candy cane bath salts, some sort of charcoal deoderizor for the basement. I will put everything in some sort of container.
Catherine - how was the disc golf?
brandnewme - great job getting back to where you were, it can be hard to get back on track, good for you!
cfmama - woohoo! You are doing so awesome! Great for you!
Carol - you look fabulous! So glad you had so much fun!
As for me - getting back on track with exercise and with eating enough and at the right times paid off. I was down another 1.5 pounds from my weigh in last Sunday. I just have to remember that I am nowhere near ready to this on autopilot. Maybe someday but not for a long while yet. Especially with the holidays coming - it's easy for me to use them as an excuse, I need to remember to keep planning to do the right things for myself.
Yesterday we were on the move most of the day, but I brought my snacks and foods along with me so that when I was hungry the right choices for me were available to me. And I didn't even get embarrassed when the rest of our usual weekend group (family and friends around our age) ordered the usual take out, and I got out my own meal. It's hard to explain but I have been reluctant to draw attention to the changes I've been making - well I talk to the girls some, but the guys tease a lot - not in a hurtful way, and never about my weight, but I guess I was afraid that if I brought attention to it they might do the teasing thing and I am not ready for that. But they didn't. They took it in stride. And one of the guys told his wife, who told me, that he had noticed I had been losing, that he can really see it in my face. That sort of genuine comment meant a lot to me.
Time to go drink some water, have a late lunch and get some exercise in.
Happy Sunday all!
Jen
but I did have an "ah ha" moment today. I have a blouse that I wear over tank tops because I have never been able to button it all the way down. Well I put on my tank and then put the blouse on over it and it looks really big in through the chest and arm pit area, I'm thinking why does this look so big? so I hold it at the bottom and pull it together and it meets, I mean really meets, I can button it ALL the way down and it' even has about 2inches to spare!!!! I started laughing and laughing, here I am in the bathroom cracking up and my kids are like "Mom, whats wrong?" So I showed them and they were so proud because you see they had bought that blouse for me as a Christmas a couple of years ago and the only way I could wear it was open with something under it. YES, I was doing the happy dance
