SusanB,
Now THAT's something that sounds "dooable"!
I've been fussing at my journal
and really doing some introspection.
I've come to the conclusion that
for me weightloss may just be one of those things that I have to work hard at. I've done SO many wonderful things in my life, but I've attibuted it to being smart, blessed,
or to someone else's help...Since my last "frustrated venting reply"
I'm really struggling to find something that I worked hard at to accomplish without a smidge of talent, or brains, or anything. I want to say to myself: "See, you did something with JUST hard work.
No talent, no brains, no intervention, no right place/right time; you just worked hard and you got where you wanted to go." I know I have "metabolic obstacles" but I also know that losing weight with PCOS (and after 40) is not impossible (despite what my scale screamed this morning).
In the olden days when I was in elementry through high school band, I was a lousy flute player. (I always got last chair or second to last chair). Frankly, I just enjoyed being in band. I didn't enjoy practicing, and my poor family had to listen to my lack of talent.
But I did get through to recitals where I didn't really hit too many wrong notes. Maybe that's what I have to relate weight loss too. There are things I enjoy about weight loss, I enjoy eating better food, I enjoy feeling better about myself. But right now, I hear all the sour notes because I'm starting a different song. Each pound is it's own key and each week I work to "master" the pound with a new song. Maybe if I just see that I'm starting a new song each week, work myself like crazy to learn the piece for 5 little days, just 5, then I can enjoy the recital...
Sad little analogy, I know. But I'm finally trying to apply my mind in a way I haven't applied it. (Different attitude/mindsent...results other than weight gain?) Don't know if this will help...don't think it can hurt.
Anyone else on for a Thursday through Monday Challenge?
Cammie
It often happens like that. Once I get out the door, I'm fine.
...way to get in your exercise...what exactly is the Sonoma diet...I am on the Best Life Diet! Also whereabouts are you from in Canada? I am from Southwestern Ontario and so is Susan... 
And your frustration as with everything else shall pass! Sit back and smile and hug one of your children! That is always a good feeling! 
It sounds like your plate is too full and you are juggling everything the best you can so nothing "falls off"...good news...TOM will leave and DH will come home and take over his chores...and then that will lighten your load! And sanity is a good thing...but it overrated! 
So laugh or try too! Maybe I will take my own words of wisdom as I haven't been a barrel of monkeys either!
This weigh in my weight did not budge one fraction of a pound...I think that I haven't lost anything because I am so very stressed out about the Peeping Tom in our neighbourhood and the fact that he has tried to break into our house 2 times now 
...so I am not sleeping at all (I sleep from 6pm-10pm), eating wrong times, wrong amounts, more munching on good stuff but the wrong times, not walking the way I was due to all the probs in our neighbourhood...So I am trying to walk in other ways I have a steep hill in near my home so what i have been doing is walking up 4x's and down 4x' 
...So hopefully that will help... 
...I am doing kind of a modified Pritikin thing....I don't have the book...I used to...and now it's hard to find....basically lots of veggies some fruits and lean protein....very low fat...I try to use mainly flax oil....
