Shy, you just keep doing what your doing, because it is WORKIN for ya!!!

Still
I am never quite sure if it is working for me or I am working for it lol.

Shy- I TOTALLY know what you mean. I am a self proclaimed perfectionist. I am ALWAYS organized and ALWAYS on a schedule, but you know what I like it that way and would go crazy if my life wasn't like that. At the same time, I wonder if I am pushing myself too hard to be so organized/scheduled/perfect all of the time... Would I be happier if I didn't? I truly don't think I would be. The way I see it, people can take me or leave me.

Dr. Seuss said it best "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind."

Cookie
I have tryed to be more " layed back " I am not happy that way lol. Good thing the hubby doesn't mind me picking lint off the carpet, he does the same thing lol.

hello, ladies

I hope you'll all good

last week was awful for me caloriewise
I ate a million calories
good thing is my weight is the same, but yesterday I definitely overate..I've eaten so much that I thought I'm going to puke
my bf's mom came and she made pork for lunch and she went grocerie shopping and bought a ton of chocolates, cookies, cola and juice...and of course I had to eat it all to top it all I have a ton of college exams and I'm nervous and I just want to run somewhere and come back when it is all over

but today is the new day, I had my healthy breakfast, I will drink a ton of mineral water and green tea, I will eat vegetables nad I hope I will get back on track and start losing weight again

Cookie & Shy~ You are never allowed to come over to my house! :Lol: I think I'm an okay house keeper, but after all this talk of picking lint off the carpet I'm not so sure...

Cookie~ LOVE the Dr. Seuss quote! It's so true!

Oolong~ We all have weeks like that. You are doing the right thing by getting right back to healthy eating. You can do this! You are doing great. Just think of last week as practice maintaining.

Grammy~

Well, we have "unofficial" news about the position that DH interviewed for here in WA. They are offering the tenure track position to someone else. There is a possibility that the person could turn it down, but it'll be weeks before we know about that and I'm not holding my breath. Dh was offered a position somewhere else, but we decided to decline the offer. We just wouldn't be happy there. So, we are back to square one and looking at options. DH has other applications out and we are also thinking about maybe going back home for awhile to regroup. It would be easier for me to find work there and DH could freelance easier in CA. I'm not looking forward to having to pack and move yet again, but at least it gives me something to do with all my stress energy. I know everything will work out and we'll end up where we need to be, but I'm just not good with "unknowns."

Don't you love that oolongformosa, that regardless of how bad a day went tomorrow is always a brand new day

zenor
I have friends that I go to their house and knock stuff off a chair to find a place to sit. Has never bothered me how others live as long as they don't have bugs lol. My clothes drawers are one thing no one should ever look at. I just toss my sock in a drawer and don't even bother to mate them. Drives the hubby crazy. He has his organized by type and color lol. I have always thought I can tell the difference between a brown sock and a white sock so I am not going to pick one of each and wear them lol. I hope the hubby finds what he is looking for soon. I do understand about not liking the unknown. I am not good with the unknown. Might be why I am so organized.

Oolong
Today is always another day. We can't do anything about yesterday but learn from it.

hey all
Zenor: sorry about your husbands job interview hopefully he finds something somewhere you will both love.

Oolong : it happens, we all have bad days or weeks. I just got over my bad 2 week bout!! just get back on the train

well I got my mothers day present today!!! A kodak z712IS its 7.1 mp and 12x optical zoom I LOVE IT!!! as soon as we get a nice day I am defenitly going for a picture walk. Also I am planning my rewrd trip for september we have decided to go to NYC for 5 days We are driving down probably with my in laws (10 hour drive) and staying just outside of NYC one of the days we are driving up to Boston for the day as well. I have always dreamed of going to NYC so its an AWESOME reward for me. I can't wait I am excited about everything!!! its still a while away but I am super super excited. I am glad I still have that time to lose as much as possible...I would much rather walk 5th avenue wearing cute clothes and looking good then being over weight and unhappy in ugly clothes lol.

irish
NYC was a nice place to visit. Oh my gosh we can't even afford to walk on 5th avenue lol.

SHY: lol nether can we but I really want to see it....won't be buying anything unless I want to sleep on the street lol. its fun to pretend your rich lol.

Zenor ~ I am SOOOO sorry about the position. Good attitude about ending up where you were meant to be. That is kind of how I take life. All things happen for a reason, I may not know why for now but eventually I will know.

Shy ~ I could only wish to have such a life. Each day for me seems to bring new challenges and hurdles but I always remind myself to take it in stride and that I will not be given more than I can handle.

Irish ~ You reward sounds wonderful. DH and I have always wanted to go to NYC just to actually see something like that. We can't image seeing crowds of people walking down the streets like you see on TV. We are country bumpkins.

Oolong ~ Your right today is a new day and you can do it. I am having to restart once again this week. I just kind of went with the flow of life last week and guess what, it doesn't work for me. LOL!

My life would drive some of you crazy. Just when I have everything planned out for a day something comes along to put a wrench into that plan. I am good at everything but perfect at nothing and I am fine with that. I used to beat myself up about not being perfect and get mad when a wrench was thrown into my plans but realized it was making my life miserable. So now, I take one day at a time, don't get made at the wrenches just rearrange and do the best I can at everything. I am much happier and life seems so much easier. I also find I can laugh things off easier.

I told myself today that I am going to be happy. I noticed yesterday I was showing signs of being depressed and letting all the bad things that happened last week get me down. So this morning I said enough. So I decided I am going to be happy today and the first thing that went wrong I laughed about. I stepped in dog poo and had to scrub my shoe in a sink to get it off. LOL! I said see, Monday stinks. LOL!

Well I better get going for now and talk to you all later.

Irishfairy- I went to New York for the first time a couple of years ago and it was amazing! At 11pm I thought it was the middle of the day because of all of the lights in Time Square. Also, they have AMAZING food. I left every meal full out of my mind, clearly I was not calorie counting then... FYI Serendipity has AMAZING desserts.

Grammy- I need to tell myself that more often, that I need to just be happy with my life. The downside of being a perfectionist is that I always have to be obsessing about something in my life. Sometimes I need to just take a deep breath and be grateful for what I have.

Any big Mother's Day plans? I of course have a day of eating (like every other family affair), yuck. Brunch with one side of the family and then BBQ with the other side of the family. Not sure how I'm going to calorie count that one...

Cookie ~ My obsession is getting this weight off and for some reason it isn't happening. I think the more I obsess about it the harder it is. So I am doing my program and trying to relax a little.

Tinky ~ Yes, I just got your message but I got lost there. LOL! I couldn't find my way around. I just want to warn you now, there is a point in the first two weeks when you think you can't eat but you have to push through it and eat anyway. I know that sounds odd but your body will get used to eating on schedule and eventually, and this is where I am, I am hungry before its time to eat. I now eat more veggies to help keep me full. The weekend was OK but not eating wise. Hopefully all my sorrows are drown now. LOL! I always drown them with food and not giving a crap. I am back on track today and what little I gained will come right back off and I think DH is going to help me stick with it this weekend because I got a little sad about the gain I had.

Couple of the things that happened this weekend all I could do is OK, with a thumbs up and a smirk. This is how I deal with stuff that happens. LOL! We were driving down the express way in my Trailblazer and there is a piece above the window on the hatch that is like visor that is plastic with a tail light. Well that decided to blow off. Yep, that was a topper to the cake last week. So we went back and finally found it after 3 trips. Then we pulled up to the restaurant we were going to and there was a building DH was parking by, mind you his work truck is a GMC 4X4 4 door so its bigger than mine, and he gently bumped the building with my blazer. He argued with me on it but I brushed the paint off and it scratched it. ARG! Anyway, now I have to have my hatch fixed on my blazer. Dread that bill and in the mean time its in my back seat. LOL! Its all scratched up but it will work because I am not willing to pay for it to be repainted.