Looks like it's that time again . . . a whole new start for a whole new month.
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(poem by Dorothy Holmes)
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What was your best ever April Fool's prank? Either one that you pulled or one that was pulled on you?
. . . Okay, brace yourselves because mine is a fairly long story . . . the conversion to the metric system in Canada was a very long (and tedious) ten year event, but nobody got too excited about it until things started being converted in the stores in the early 1980's -- pounds to kilos; inches to centimetres; yards to metres, etc. Talk about confusion. Wow. Anyway . . . as I was driving to a business meeting one morning (about a 45 minute trip), the radio started broadcasting the latest news in the great (and unpopular) changeover to metric. Effective the beginning of next month (May 1) we would be changing to a metric time system -- 100 seconds = 1 minute; 100 minutes = 1 hour; we would, therefore. be converting to 14 hour days, and to top it off; the year would be divided into 10 months of approximately 62 days each. Pretty far-fetched you say -- -- but by the time I got to my destination, they actually had me believing it. It was very well done. I walked into my meeting and reported this latest happening and almost got laughed out of the room.
This morning both Mom Nature and the Scale- are playing tricks on me. We have about 4 inches (10 centimetres, in case you care ) of heavy,wet, fresh snow on the ground but it is supposed to get washed away by rain later on today (high temp of +9C/48F predicted). The really nasty thing for this morning, however, is that the weight is 1.6 pounds over my ticker number (just to complete the translation process, that's about 3/4 of a kilo ). Oh well . . . both the nasty weather and the nasty weight blimp will soon be gone again.
Hope everybody has a great day . . . see you all later . . .
Hmmm, I honestly can't remember a single April fools joke. What a stick in the mud I am huh?
Odd thing happened to me though. Scale hasn't been budging for a couple of weeks but all of a sudden people are starting to notice that I'm a little smaller. Not that long ago I was pouting and lamenting about how no one had noticed and I thought I would be just ecstatic when someone finally did. So, last week when one of my coworkers said "looks like your DIET is working" I smiled and said thank you for noticing but, on the inside, I got sort of bristly and indignant thinking to myself "this is NOT a diet, this is just how I eat now". Then, over the weekend, I saw my SIL for the first time since Christmas. She didn't say anything at first but when she noticed I had a rather large bag of almonds in my purse and asked my why I told her I wanted to make sure I wasn't tempted to get cruddy food from the snack bar. Then she said what should have been exactly the right thing - "You know, you really look like you've been doing very well at avoiding cruddy snack foods" - Again, I said thank you for noticing but on the inside I felt sort of sheepish, a little embarrassed, and changed the subject.
Does anyone else ever have these sort of peculiar mixed feelings when someone comments?
Secondly . . . . . . definitely a lot of us react the same way. I know I always say something like "Thanks, but I've got so much more to go". It's like we never think we are doing 'good enough'.
It started raining last night and is still raining. And the wind is really kicking up out there. At least it's fairly warm. Don't know exactally what's happening, maybe April is pulling a trick on us?
Linda, Can't remember any April-fools-jokes either, but now I have to think up some good ones for the grandkids when they come over this evening.
YoYo, You are going to get lots of remarks, some well intentioned, some not. I just smile and say "thank you". Don't try to figure out their intent. Just take it as a complement that they are noticing that you are looking thinner and more fit.
Feeling kind of down this week. Had 2 days of strange eating - not nearly enough calories during the day (not at home) and then, binges at night. Maybe that's what's got me down - or maybe the rainy weather.
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March 27, 2008
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Hi FREDA . . . we are supposed to be getting some warmer stuff too . . . sure hope so. Glad to hear you are.
Good article LYNN . . . maybe you could popover and post a link in Wieght Loss News and Current Events . . . http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=183 . . . sounds like good information for the general population around here. BTW . . . hope you soon feel a little more up . . . and you do realize, I'm sure, that the under-eating during the day likely caused the binging at night. Hey -- we all go through those periods when we do not do what we know we should do.
Just got back from 3 hours at the "Y". Did a Silver Sneakers class, which was geared to a much older crowd and then stayed for a cycling class that was pretty challenging. Then went to the poll for a few laps. I feel great...will probably be very sore tomorrow.
Yes, Freda, it's blowing and raining here too.
My best April Fools???Humm...I'm so gullible that my DH plays April Fools with me everyday.
Yoyo - I can relate. I have not lost a lot of weight, but I do get people noticing the change in how I look. Whether they think it's a die or not doesn't bother me. I usually say that I weigh-in weekly at TOPs and exercise.
Hi there LYN the LILAC LADY . . . I swear I automatically take a deep breath every time I see your avatar. Yep . . . you will be tired . . . but a good tired.
LYNN . . . I was just closing the March Challenge thread and that reminded me that I've been meaning to ask you for a the longest time to explain your "bounce chart".
Morning everyone..another cloudy melty day here..i can actually see dirt instead of ice by my front steps..i have managed to lose 3# of the 10 i had agained....nothing on my agenda today..even got caught up on the dreaded housework.Lynard congrats on your retirement,your going to love it..Lynn sry u are feeling down ..Yo yo i always want folks to notice but doesnt happen real often and i get frustrated when i work hard and no one sees esp my dh..meowee whats a bounce chart? hope u all have agreat day((hugs)) for all.. rosey
That's what I'm hoping LYNN will explain for us ROSEY . . . If you take a look at her page in the March Challenge thread you will see it at the bottom of the post. And to you for getting rid of those 3 pounds.
LYNN . . . I was just closing the March Challenge thread and that reminded me that I've been meaning to ask you for a the longest time to explain your "bounce chart".
Hi Linda - about my "bounce chart" - see below.
Last Fall, I started becoming frustrated because I couldn't seem to lose. Seemed to me like I had been at the same weight for months. Someone on a different site suggested that I start a "bounce chart" to record just how long I was staying at any one weight (NOTE: 155.2 through 155.8 all count as "150"). So, I began my chart. Everyday, when I weigh myself, I record which of the "numbers" I am at on that day. I've found that when my "number" gets recorded around 10 times, I'm REALLY at that number. However, as you can see, it was REALLY difficult for me to get away from the 155's, 154's, 153's, and 150's. For me, it helps to realize that 20 to 30 weigh-ins at a particular "number" does NOT mean "forever."
If (and I hope it doesn't happen) tomorrow you weighed 148.4 instead of 147.4; you would add 1 to the 148 number making it 5. If instead, you saw a 146.6 that would count as the first 1 for 146. If (you pulled a Linda) and went up to 149.4; you'd be changing that number to 13.
As you know, I'm a math freak . . . I may have to try this for myself. I could go back quite away since I track my daily numbers on my calendar (most of the time) -- I do find that I can live with the fluctuations better when they are daily. When I would only weigh myself once a week, I'd get really if I didn't see movement
"GOLDEN GIRLS" - April, 2008
. . . Okay, brace yourselves because mine is a fairly long story . . . the conversion to the metric system in Canada was a very long (and tedious) ten year event, but nobody got too excited about it until things started being converted in the stores in the early 1980's -- pounds to kilos; inches to centimetres; yards to metres, etc. Talk about confusion. 
Wow. 
-- but by the time I got to my destination, they actually had me believing it. It was very well done. I walked into my meeting and reported this latest happening and almost got laughed out of the room. 
are playing tricks on me. We have about 4 inches (10 centimetres, in case you care 
) of heavy,wet, fresh snow on the ground but it is supposed to get washed away by rain later on today (high temp of +9C/48F predicted). The really nasty thing for this morning, however, is that the weight is 1.6 pounds over my ticker number (just to complete the translation process, that's about 3/4 of a kilo 
). Oh well . . . both the nasty weather and the nasty weight blimp will soon be gone again. 
. . . congratulations on the NSVs.
Yep . . . you will be tired . . . but a good tired.
..nothing on my agenda today..even got caught up on the dreaded housework.Lynard congrats on your retirement,your going to love it..Lynn sry u are feeling down 
esp my dh..meowee whats a bounce chart? hope u all have agreat day((hugs)) for all.. rosey 
to you for getting rid of those 3 pounds.
if I didn't see movement 