Rie, I hope you got a MUCH better answer from your doctor than his fill in. Enjoy the dinner because life does happen. The key is to not let one meal or one day or one trip throw you off the plan. Because it is life long. It's becoming my mantra. And tracking exercise - before I was hooked (pre Jan. 12, 2006), I create a database so I could log and pay myself for exercise. I figured out a dollar amount for each mile of biking ($0.50), hiking ($1.00) snowshoeing ($2.00) etc for all the exercises I do. I was religious about entering the time/mileage into the log and I used it as a "bank account" to buy big prizes. I bought an LCD projector and big screen for a home theater, 50" TV, and something else I can't remember. Anyway, for the first 6 months it motivated me to never miss a day. Now I log it just because I love seeing home much $$$ I've earned. Because I'm a database person, I created reports. From my 2010 report, I ellipticalled 6,578 minutes. I biked last summer 428 miles, and walked/hiked/ran 477.82 miles. There were other exercises but those are my major ones. So at the end of the year, I look at those numbers and am flabbergasted that me, the former couch potato, does that. Logging the exercise is fun.
Karen3, I'm ju7st thankful you're looking at the jumping, sliding screen. Please take care of yourself.
Mary, I'm in the Pacific NW in the high mountain desert. Tomatoes never grow outdoors and these monster cherry tomato plants in my house are prolific. Give it a try. They were the BEST tomatoes I've had since I moved from Minnesota.
Rosey, I love the pics. You are a 94 pound loser! That is so excellent!
Lynn, have fun in NC. It should be beautiful.
Freda, why do I get the idea you're limited thankful for the back nerve pain so you don't have to serve on non-doing committees? BTW, I hate meetings of all kind. I took a comm ed drawing class just so I could doodle better during boring meetings.
Gayle, I have a DIL I have to walk on eggshells just to co-exist with. I wish it wasn't so, but it's easier to not see my son and GD than deal wtih her. So I feel your frustration. My son seems to have selective memory and has conveniently forgotten what she'd done to him last year. I with I could forget...Thank you for staying to help your co-workers the other night. That was sweet of you and I bet the floaters and orientee were thankful.
Karen31, I use intheswim dot com to figure out the right algae treatment. Makes it easy to get the choices all in one place. I don't necessarily order from them but I at least know what I need.
My furlough days are over and gone. Sad... I liked them but now I'm back to earning to pay the mortgage and stuff. I do know that is a very good thing. So back to work. My lunch break is over in a couple.
Marie
PS Thank goodness for Word and copy/paste. I pasted my post and got a database error and had trouble reconnecting to 3FC. But I didn't lose my post. YEAH!
Just a quick report. Had a real bad stomach attack this morning. I spent the day at the dr office and at the hospital getting all sorts of nasty tests. They initially thought that I had pancreatitis from the first blood tests. Luckily I don't. CT scan shows a pretty serious ulcer and some other weirdness. They let me come home tonight so I am on bland food (who cares) and meds. Back in tomorrow to try and get it figured out. I am exhausted and being a baby because I am really bummed out. I think it is just the experience of spending the last 8 hours getting poked and prodded.
I hope to be back tomorrow for better new. Hugs to Karenfl. And to the rest of you, also.
We are about to leave for our gd birthday party so don't have much time. I've done well all day with my eating and hope to stay OP despite the pizza tonight. I did get back to the gym finally today! Did 30 min stretch class, 15 min on bike, 15 min on treadmill and a few minutes on the weight machines (3 machines 1-2 sets of 12 on each). Felt really good and was surprisingly easy ...I was afraid it would be miserable! LOL Those who think I clean house too much...I didn't clean house at all today other than filling the dishwasher. I didn't even make my bed. I had several phone calls to make and did our banking stuff online, completed surveys, and deheaded one of the rhodies. It was a lazy day but I felt I needed a day off...another reason I love retirement...I can take a day off when I want to!
Our security alarm people called us at the gym and said it wasn't transmitting to them. Come to find out they had not changed it to all cellular...it was a dual system...to landline and then cell, not that we don't have a landline it is all cell. I called and told them when we switched strictly to cell but no change was actually made. They also didn't mention that they would be charging us $7 more for all cell. So found that out today too! Still cheaper than keeping the landline though.
So sorry to hear of your health issues, Rie, hope you can get it under control soon and feel better. Better to know than not know I guess. Don't have time for any more personals this time. Have a nice evening!
Well, today at work was somewhat better. I always hope for "just the right amount of busy" ~ it was busier than that but not awful. I think my first day back after a day or days off, it takes me a little time to get back into the rhythm of things. I didn't get out on time again but not as late as the last time. Had to leave some things undone ~ will have to do it tomorrow.
Frustrated with myself and the eating and exercise. Eating goes ok in the morning and during work. But after I get home ~ especially if unexpected things happen. Like Sara and the kids being here, or a call from my sister. That seems to throw me off and I end up eating something other than what I had planned to. I guess because I have to choose and eat in a hurry ~ I can't take my time like I usually would. I don't necessarily eat bad things, and it is not because someone is pressuring me to eat something else. I don't want them not to come or call. I moved here so I could be by them. And my sister and I don't get to talk that often because of our different work schedules. So, when they are here or call, I don't want to put them off becasue of my eating. I need to come up with some sort of plan.
The exercise I'm struggling with also. Tonight I am sitting here on a pack of ice ~ that darn sciatic pain is bothering me tonight ~ hurts if I sit, hurts if I am up. So, don't feel too much like doing anything. I had been riding my bike, but between the pain and the heat, don't even feel like doing that. I just don't know. These stupid hours of my job are messing up everything. Guess I just have to keep trying different things until I can find the combination of things that work for me.
Sorry I didn't get to the personals tonight. When I get out late, doesn't leave time for much. Even when I get out on time, the evening is so short.
Glynne, you sound so much like me...I don't work anymore but evenings are when it is harder for me...and like you say when unexpected things come up, people, anything that gets my usual schedule/routine off a bit. Tonight was the birthday party and I'm glad I didn't eat much earlier and I'm glad I worked out today as I did overeat on pizza and also had a slice of cake. Both were very good! Wish I could just say no and know I could but for some reason I don't. It was a great party though...my gd was the star of whole thing and boy, did she enjoy that! It was hard to say goodbye as I don't think we will see them again before they leave to go back home. So with the party, I am over for today on both calories and carbs...my bs was good earlier today at least, doubt it is now. Tomorrow is another day.....
BTW, we watched a really good movie last night...The King's Speech. Certainly not an action movie, but I loved it and my dh (who loves action movies!) liked it too. It is rated R but really compared to most PG-13 movies I've seen, I don't think it should have been.
Thanks Mary ~ this is why it is such a comfort to come here ~ there is always someone who understands exactly our struggles.
Right now my frame of mind is good. I seem to be full of hope most mornings, but as the evening rolls around and I lose control yet again, the hopeful positive attitude fades.
I have administered myself a kick in the pants (the visual of that should bring a little humor ) Enough of the whining ~ that isn't gonna help me. My plan for today is to try to remember to take that pain pill (if I need it) before it gets too late in the day (it intefers with my sleep if I wait too late), so hopefully by the time I get home, the pain doesn't make me not want to do what is good for me ~ ride the bike and make my salad ~ instead of giving in to that chair and sitting down.
Darn, why do the hands of that clock fly right around when I am having fun Gotta go finish getting ready for work.
Got some distressing news yesterday. The river overflowed and my mom's house flooded. Thankfully, it wasn't as bad as some of the other places got. Her family room carpet was saturated, but a house on the other side of the stree got 3 feet of water.
Gayle, I can understand your frustration with work. I'm going through some of the same thing. As for eating in the evening, I'm the same there too. I have no problem during the day. It's the stress. Try to plan for something in the evening. If you choose something with a little protein it helps. As for dinner, try making your salad early. I know it's hard to take the time, but if it's already done it makes it easier to make good choices. I'm all for easy. Are you planing your meals in advance? I find that sooo helpful. Oh, I love the circle of friends. Yes, that is us.
Mary, It's hard to make good choices when we don't have controle. Like at the birthday party. One slice of pizza and a "small" piece of cake is fine. I always half a normal piece. You CAN have cake without the guilt.
Rie, I'm so sorry you've been feeling so bad, but glad that they found the problem and can start treating it.
Lynn, have a safe trip and enjoy every moment.
Marie, I am VERY grateful for any excuse not to have to attend those meeting. They are boring beyond belief and of no use at all. Nothing gets settled and the same thing goes on and on!
Rosie, Great pictures. You look so happy. You will be at that 100 mark soon. How are you going to celebrate. Non-food!
Greetings on the first day of summer! Yessssss!!!!! I am wearing “haute” pink today as opposed to my more typical brown, beiges, olive greens, blacks and grays. Ah, yes. My work wardrobe tends towards very subdued colors in somewhat less subdued styles, but I am very bright today for a change. I’ve just been awaiting summer for too danged long in these parts, and now that it’s finally here, I feel that some celebratory colors are in order. I have NOT been as focused on proper diet lately as I should have been, but am trying desperately to climb back on that wagon with the rest of you. I really hate starting the summer heavier than I want to be, but I guess that’s life. I ate poorly, and now I’ll have to deal with the consequences. I had a bit of outpatient plastic surgery yesterday – had a little mole-like thingie removed from the upper part of my ear; piece of cake, all things considered, but I was soooo tempted to ask about some nips and tucks in other areas. I’m such a lazy person, wishing for short cuts and all. I just annoy the heck out of myself if you want the truth. I know full well that exercise is very important, especially as we get older (well, for ALL ages, actually) but I’m still not very committed and not very good about doing it regularly. I really, really need to find something I enjoy doing so that I will do it – and continue doing it.
I talked with my sister on the phone last night, and that was pretty depressing. She’s really struggling with her grief over the loss of her son, and feeling like there’s no reason for her to go on living. I told her that depression and grief were common bedfellows, if you will, but that finding useful things to do with her time could perhaps provide a little respite from her constant thoughts of him. I guess she’s not ready for anything like that, though, because she quite vehemently cried out that she didn’t care about being “useful” or being anything at all….she’s angry because her husband (who has alzheimer’s disease) seems less affected than she is, angry because her son was ill in the first place, angry just because. I can’t really (thank God) imagine how she is feeling, because I would be quite devastated if I were to lose one of my children, of course, but I would have other obligations – other children, grandchildren, my work, etc., that I would HAVE to attend to. She has other children, grandchildren, etc., but none live close by, and she has had no work – paid, or even on a volunteer basis – since she retired more than ten years ago. I don’t think I realized how much of her life was tied up with this one 40-yr-old boy of hers. I realize that these last four or so months have consisted of daily visits with him – eight hours a day, at least – while he’s been in the hospital and then the palliative care facility, but I don’t think I really did understand that even before that, her life revolved around going to medical appointments, out to lunch, out shopping, etc., with him. This is awfully scary to me, as it feels to me like she has really had no life of her own for a good many years. Well, I reminded her of our plan, once I retire, to spend a month together at the ocean…we were raised where you could smell the salt air and look out at the ocean on a daily basis, and nothing is more stabilizing and calming – nothing puts life in perspective for us better than being there. Mary, my granddaughter gave me the DVD – The Kings Speech – for Mother’s Day. We all watched it together, with popcorn and Arizona green ice tea. A happy time was had by all… Gayle, I don’t work stupid hours, and still can’t motivate myself to eat right all the time and exercise regularly. Of course, I keep telling myself that when I STOP working, I’ll do better. Yeah. Right. I just think it’s hard no matter what our circumstances are. We have to decide that it’s a priority in our lives, and until we do that, we’re going to do a lot of yo-yoing back & forth. So be it. We’re STILL pretty awesome…c’mon…some people don’t even try, right? LOVE the avatar, incidentally, and yes, it IS a perfect symbol for the GG’s! Mary, I am SO looking forward to having the ability to do…or not do…whatever I choose once I am retired, too! (And even though you classified it as a day off, it sounded pretty busy to me!).
Omigosh, Rie….so sorry about your stomach issues! I hope they can treat it quickly and efficiently, and that you’ll soon be up and about feeling good again. Please keep us updated about what’s going on?
Oh, I hope you enjoy Asheville, Lynn! I’ve only been there to visit my nephew when he was in the hospital there, but we drove around a bit, and loved what we saw. When we were there, there was one of those “free hugs” groups out on the sidewalk, and I was driving, so stopped the car in order to get hugged. My sister didn’t know what it was all about, but getting a free hug from some happy strangers brightened her day a bit. Marie, I am in awe of your organizational skills! I am simply not good at keeping track of anything. At best, I’m able to maintain specific calorie levels (when I put my mind to it) but tracking all that other stuff…well, wow. I think Lynn does, too, though. I sometimes wonder if I have an undiagnosed case of ADHD. I really dislike doing repetitive things – get bored, and need to move onto something else. Now, if I could only get bored EATING! OH – and speaking of daughter and son-in-laws – I have one sil whom I absolutely adore, one about whom my feelings are fairly neutral, and one whom I simply cannot tolerate (and won’t). My dil-to-be is the sweetest, nicest girl you could ever hope to meet, but I’ve got to say that the jury’s still out on that, because they all are sweet as can be before they get that wedding ring on their fingers. My ex-husband was SUCH a peach until we’d been married awhile. You just never know. But walking on eggshells? I’m afraid that I have developed – or at least am in the process of developing – a reputation as the dragon lady. The sil whom I don’t like knows better than to even try speaking to me. And, ironically, he’s the one whose wife (my daughter) is about to have her second child by him. I swear, I don’t know what she’s thinking. Well, I’ll love my grandbaby for sure, but that doesn’t constitute any relaxing of my standards when it comes to him. Bah & humbug, I say! Freda….yup. I vote for bright coral! I love it when I start getting some tan because it looks great with all those summery nail polish colors. I love the “Father’s Day cookie” idea! Maybe we’ll adapt that one for dh next year! Karen3, you just continue getting better, lady! You are missed here, but we’re all glad that you’re recuperating and will soon be back in the GG’s fold telling us your wonderful stories about cooking, bridge, and everything else! PT, I’m thinking of you, and hoping you’ll be back in the swing of things before long! Karen31, I would dearly love having a pool where I could swim privately every day! I’m not one for enjoying showing off my very imperfect bod to the multitudes at public beaches and pools (knowing this, my birthday beach house had it’s own private beach) and having my own would be a good solution. Maybe when we start shopping for our retirement home, we’ll make having a pool one of the prerequisites.
Hope all is well with you, Lyn….summer on the Cape…must be pure heaven!
Great pics, Rosey! I’m so glad that you’re enjoying life so much these days!
Hi Bobbi! Z
Morning everyone.. its dreary and rainy today.its so quiet around here and missing my grands. we went grocery shopping yesterday.id forgotton how teens eat like a farm crew lol so had to replenish the pantry. nothing planned for the next few days..just being lazy,reading and quilting. i started a new author,John Sanford and his series Prey.i like agood mystery.Zoe.i love anything pink,its my fav color and have many shirts in all shades and my purse is also hot pink leather im working on the last 5# to make it to 100# gone..theyre sticking like glue my dh promised me apair of diamond earrings for reward woot woot,i know just the pair.Hoping you all have an awsome day. rosey
Just hoping to get back in the game. I am very ambivilent about my weight. Lack of motivation seems to be my problem. I worked out on my WII Fit plus this morning. I know unless I make dietary changes, I will not lose weight. Sigh.
Rie, I'm glad the drs are taking you seriously. Being poked and prodded stinks but it's better than Friday's brush off.
Mary, sounds like you had a fun day. I like that - day off during retirement.
Gayle, I hope you start feeling better and work goes smoother. I can so relate to having unexpectedthings throwing off me off my eating plan. BTW, giving yourself a kick in the pants (got the visual) might be aggravating the sciatic pain.
Freda, I'm sorry to hear about your mom. At least she chose the right side of the street.
Zoe, Summer Solistice is here! First thing I told my doggies on the walk the am. Summer is here and the day is long! I'm so sorry to hear about your sister. Being a supportive listener is helping her. I know it's depressing to hear but you're giving her a great gift.BTW, I'm diagnosed ADHD and I've heard the term OCD tossed in my direction as well. I can't do just one thing; I have to be doing multiple things. And I think I'm unorganized but I find lists help me when my brain ceases one task and moves onto another before the first one is done. My d-i-l was quite sweet before the vows...
So I did paint my toenails on Sunday. Fuchsia is such a pretty color poking out from the sandals. Yesterday I wore fuchsia capris to work. I was so summery.
Rosey, I'm a pink person too. Once my co-worker was looking for me and asked another co-worker, "Have you seen Marie?" 2nd co-worker said, "You mean the one that comes up to here (imitated with his hands), blonde and always wears pink?" It's now a joke around my office. To bad 2nd one was fired - I'm wearing lime green today...
I'm enjoying a quiet work day after lots of visitors this morning that thought I should help them with their work. Now they're gone. The window is open and a fresh breeze is flowing in, the sky is blue and Mt. Shasta is bright white. I'm thinking the snowpack won't melt much this year.
Marie
Hey GGs,
Haven’t been here since Fri., looks like everyone’s been busy. I’m not staying long, just wanted to let you know I’m still around. I seem to be behind on my “accounting” & cleaning, & other projects around the house, & I really need to catch up! But, for some reason, I just haven’t been feeling “right” for about a week now, & it’s such an effort to force myself to get anything done. Don’t know what’s the matter with me, don’t really feel bad, just not good. Maybe it’s the heat, or perhaps I’ve caught a “bug”, but I really need to snap out of it.
So glad to see you checking in, KarenFL, & starting to sound a little like your old self! I’ve missed your humor. I feel sort of guilty complaining about not feeling “good” when so many of you have real health problems! Poor Rie! I hope they get your tummy problems worked out. And to everyone else suffering various aches & pains - please feel better! And nice to see everyone’s pics. Zoe, back to looking like a movie star! There’s so much else I’d like to say, but I really do need to get busy! It’s already time to fix dinner, SO is due home any minute, & once again, I’ve gotten very little accomplished. Aaacccckkk! Gotta go. NCNancy
heyyyyyy I'm here! You all made my whole day with cards in the mail....ahhhh. Got crawl back and wrap self around aches. Have half a book written in my head of this experience. Ran into a couple Nurse Ratchets! k3
Tomorrow is another day.....
) Enough of the whining ~ that isn't gonna help me. My plan for today is to try to remember to take that pain pill (if I need it) before it gets too late in the day (it intefers with my sleep if I wait too late), so hopefully by the time I get home, the pain doesn't make me not want to do what is good for me ~ ride the bike and make my salad ~ instead of giving in to that chair and sitting down. 
I have NOT been as focused on proper diet lately as I should have been, but am trying desperately to climb back on that wagon with the rest of you. I really hate starting the summer heavier than I want to be, but I guess that’s life. I ate poorly, and now I’ll have to deal with the consequences. I had a bit of outpatient plastic surgery yesterday – had a little mole-like thingie removed from the upper part of my ear; piece of cake, all things considered, but I was soooo tempted to ask about some nips and tucks in other areas. I’m such a lazy person, wishing for short cuts and all. I just annoy the heck out of myself if you want the truth. I know full well that exercise is very important, especially as we get older (well, for ALL ages, actually) but I’m still not very committed and not very good about doing it regularly. 
its dreary and rainy today.its so quiet around here and missing my grands. we went grocery shopping yesterday.id forgotton how teens eat like a farm crew lol so had to replenish the pantry. nothing planned for the next few days..just being lazy,reading and quilting. i started a new author,John Sanford and his series Prey.i like agood mystery.Zoe.i love anything pink,its my fav color and have many shirts in all shades and my purse is also hot pink leather 
