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I want to post this before I post anything else.
I came to the conclusion today that I am not going to continue with the weight loss clinic. It's not that I am giving up on losing weight, that is so far from the truth. I am going to keep going and never give up getting healthier. I am going to continue with all the skills I've learned. Drinking shakes instead of meals, healthy snacks, keeping a food journal, etc. What I don't like is being weighed every week. It's way too much pressure for me. I hate it. It makes me want to cry. I dont' like having someone looking over my shoulder. I'm not going back. So with that being said... I still have a couple of chores to do today before Jennifer gets home. Clean the litter box and run the sweeper. The dishes are done and my clothes are out of the dryer. Quote:
Hey Holly, Yeah, I feel really good about just selling my house and not worrying about fixing the kitchen. I'm going tomorrow to start getting my things out. I have my couch loaded up with things I wanted to keep. Now, I just have to load them in my car. I have a huge fake plant I'm keeping. I've had this plant for over 10 years. It's silly what things wind up meaning to us. I'm also getting Mocha's ashes. My Kurt Busch stuff. All my picture frames of Jennifer. It's going to take me the whole 30 days to get what I want. I have tons of boxes with Jennifer's homework assignments, as she was growing up. Holly, I'm glad you are not mad at me for talking to you about therapy. Good luck with your new Dr. :) I have a therapy appt at 9 am in the morning. Where is everyone? :( Anyway, that is about it for now. See you all soon. |
Lisa - how exciting for your house! I hope you get on well moving all your stuff out! Have you decided where you want to move to? I'm sorry the weight loss clinic isn't working for you, but glad you have learned enough to help you going forward. You could always try speaking to them to see if there are any alternatives to let you carry on attending without the weighing bit? I know how daunting it is though.
Holly - I did start with the sugar free sweep, we started Friday. It's going OK so far, but my OH is pretty p'd about some of the stuff he can't have. Sugar is in everything - even ham! I'm a bit irritable, but I think it will pass. How is work going? Has it calmed down after New Year? Hi to everyone else! |
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Things are moving so fast here. I went to the house this morning and starting moving stuff out and into my car. Man, it was cold out. My ficus tree was in the back seat on the way back to Jennifer's and I could not see out my back window. I was so happy I did not get pulled over. Things are happening so fast here. I have someone interested in the house, one of the general contractors, who gave me an estimate on how much it would take to rebuild the kitchen, is interested. He called me today, I returned his call. He's interested. If this happens, man, I am going to ****. Nothing ever happens this fast for me. I had to take a clonazapam, I am too wired. I'm going to get a migraine unless I calm down. Coop, I have an idea of where I'm going to live for a while. Do I have somewhere picked out? No. I'm going to try to find somewhere at Indian Lake, just to rent. The future is uncertain where I will end up so I am going to simply rent. Yes, the weight loss clinic isn't my cup of tea. I have so much good information, I will be fine losing the weight on my own. I am eating one regular meal a day along with 2 supplemental meals, protein shakes, plus healthy snacks. I'm not giving up, this lifestyle change will work for me. I have no doubt. I'll post again if I find out anymore information on what is going on here. |
Talked to the general contractor again. He's getting a contract pulled together, we'll have to go sign in front of a notary.
He said I could have the money by next week. I hate to put something so personal on here but I trust you ladies. I can also take it down in a few days. I'm getting $ free and clear. He'll fix the kitchen, clean the house (hoping to get the smell out) and resell it. I'll take down that amount down soon. I'll continue to keep you updated on what's next. |
Lisa how exciting that this is happening for real and so quickly! I am applauding you :cp: for the courage in just going ahead and making these decisions that are gonna be great for you!
I was imagining your car being like a little jungle in the back seat with your ficus, I am glad also you didn't get police attention :D I also applaud you on the decision to go ahead with your weight loss plan but without the pesky group aspect, you can do it!! |
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Yes it has calmed down a bit, thank goodness!! though for each day on Saturdays and Sundays, it is always super busy for a couple hours, then dies down. Yesterday (Sunday) I had sooo many crabby customers!! mostly complaining about our prices. I get so tired of it. I actually said to a man, "you know, everyone has a choice" - meaning, you have a choice NOT to shop here! get the **** out :devil: And the SECOND I step away from the register, to do something I have to, THAT'S when people rush to the register! why is that :devil: gosh I hate people, lol oh did I tell you I finally received my holiday bonus from the R@t B@st@rd, it was almost the equivalent of a week's pay, I appreciate it. how are your bunnies doing, Coop? It's been VERY cold here, -5 F at night, barely 10F during the day. We have to put the weatherproof booties on our dog Eddie he is so good about having them put on. iHe jumps up on the couch as soon as he sees me pick up the booties. t's the only way he can go outside and do his business when it's so frigid. He looks so cute in them :D I have been putting something off..I have to face that I need cataract surgery. I have researched, that it is the MOST common surgical procedure in the U.S., it is painless and it improves vision so much. But I have crappy insurance, I hate that I pay over $400 a month, and I have a $9000 deductible!! So I have been researching medical tourism, specifically Cuba...I don't know. I think around here, the surgery is about $3000 per eye. |
Happy New Year!
A belated Happy New Year to everyone!!! :celebrate: It's good to see so much action here on the thread! I'm sorry, once again, that I've only been able to touch base periodically. We are going on a cruise for 5 days soon, so I will be MIA for a little while after this post. But, after that, I will work on checking in more regularly. I always enjoy reading your posts and catching up with everyone. A special thank you, as always, to our dear friend and leader, Lisa, for keeping this group going in good times and bad! :hug: My son started back to college at Otterbein today. We moved him in to his dorm over the weekend. His roommate seems nice, but he had his own private room when he lived in a dorm at the University of Dayton, so it will be difficult for him to adjust to having a roommate at all. He had three classes today and came home (to our house) afterward. He is actually spending the night tonight. He was exhausted tonight and seemed very down. :( Since he is moving in during the middle of the school year, he said everyone in the dorm already knows each other, which makes it odd for him. He can be pretty shy about making new friends. To be honest, I have a feeling he will end up moving home and commuting to school. But, I want him (and I am encouraging him) to give the dorm life a fair chance. After all, this was only his first day. Of course it's going to be hard to adjust to new circumstances. Plus, he's used to not having any real obligations at all during the day since basically the middle of last February when we had to medically withdraw him from Dayton! So just having the daily responsibility of classes is going to be an adjustment. Anyway, please keep him in your prayers (for those of you who pray). Monica, I appreciate that you always ask about him and pray for him. :) I worry about him so much... as you know. He had come such a long way since he moved back home from the extended stay, and I don't want him to sink back into a deep depression, so we will closely monitor this situation. He is not going on the cruise with us and I worry that we won't be around for him to come home to if he's lonely (bad timing for a vacation), but he has other relatives he can visit if needed. I just hope he will reach out to them. I'm sorry to always ramble on about my son. It's the main thing on my mind and has been for the past year at least. He has really been struggling and I just want my "baby" to be okay! :^: I am doing pretty well otherwise. I'm working out more consistently lately. Food has been better now that Christmas is over. I have to go for a uterine ultrasound this Wednesday. Sorry if TMI, but I've had some breakthrough bleeding, which I'm not supposed to have since they put me into menopause as part of my hormone therapy after breast cancer. They need to check the lining of my uterus and, if it appears thickened, they will do a biopsy. YIKES! :fr: It seems as though we ALWAYS have something that comes up to worry about before we leave for a vacation. I guess this time is no different. I am just hoping and praying for a positive outcome. I am seriously NOT ready for any more diagnoses! :(
Lisa: Sounds like a great decision to me to go ahead and sell your house as is. Now, you won't have to deal with the hassles of fixing everything. And you already have a buyer, which is awesome! Please keep us posted with how everything goes. And, of course, since I love Indian Lake, too, I know you will love living there, even if only temporarily. By the way, I applaud you for giving up Mountain Dew for a week and fast food for a month!!! :carrot: :cp: :bravo: Lisa, that is HUGE progress!!! Are you still doing it? And I can't blame you for not wanting to be weighed and having someone looking over your shoulder at the weight loss clinic. That is what finally made me stop Jenny Craig years ago after I lost a lot of weight with them. I felt like a third grader in trouble if I gained weight. :( I do hope you will continue to eat healthier and take better care of yourself, because YOU ARE WORTH IT and you deserve to be healthy and feel good!!! :D Oh my gosh, and since I am a huge Buckeye fan, too, I have to share in your misery of how horrible we played against Clemson on New Year's Eve!!! :( It was pathetic! I just saw Clemson beat Alabama in a heck of a game earlier tonight (Monday), so at least we lost to the National Champions. It was still a terrible and embarrassing loss for us, though. Holly: So happy to hear that you received a decent bonus from "the boss formerly known as the r@t b@st@rd!" :lol: :rofl: I feel guilty calling him a r@t b@st@rd now. Okay, well just a little. :lol: I love your story about putting the "snow boots" on your pup! :) Would LOVE to see a picture of that! ;) He sounds so adorable! :) Good luck deciding on what to do about the cataract surgery. Wish I had some advice for you, but I don't know anything about it. Please keep us posted on what you decide to do. Hey, stay warm in those freezing cold temps you're having, okay?!? :snow4: Monica: It's always nice to hear from you! Thank you for keeping my son in your prayers. I really appreciate it. He needs all the prayers he can get right now. I hope all will go well with this new college experience. I am doing okay, as described above. My daughter is doing well. She's kept very busy with schoolwork lately and she's trying to finish some projects and tests ahead of time before our cruise since the quarter ends while we are gone. At least her teachers have been nice in helping her to work everything out. She continues to absolutely LOVE any and all times she can get out on the ice to play sled hockey. She just had a Women's USA Development Team camp over Christmas break. She is actually going to miss her hometown tournament for the first time in seven years this year while we are on vacation. She's okay with it, though. We hope to meet a lot of the country music stars on this cruise! It's a "country music cruise." She and I are into country music. My hubby is just along for the ride for the most part. I honestly don't know how we talked him into going with us! :lol: Coop: How is your sugar-free eating going? Good luck with it! I simply could not do it. I guess you could say I'm literally addicted to sugar at least to some degree. As you say, it is in everything. I don't know how you do it. But I sure admire you for doing it! Hope it goes well for you and that the irritability passes quickly. JesikaBeth: Sorry about the PCOS diagnosis. :( I hope you will be able to manage it well. How did the endoscopy go? I hope all is well with you. Best of luck to you with Weight Watchers! You have done such a good job with losing a significant amount of weight already. I know you can lose the rest of the weight you want to and get to your goal weight! And we will be cheering you on! :cheer2: :cheer3: hiimawkward: Hello and :welcome3: to the group! :) Congratulations on your baby! Sorry you are suffering from postpartum depression and just feeling more depressed in general. Way to go on working out so consistently. I, too, find it easier to work out than to eat well. I tend to overeat, too. It is frustrating and makes me feel ashamed of myself. :( Maybe we can help each other overcome this bad habit! ;) |
so good to see Kathleen! thank you for your nice long post!! Oh gosh best wishes to your son, yeah first day would be really hard and i hope he can adjust to having a roommate, plus the stress of joining mid-term. again best wishes to him and to you :hug: his loving mom!
Oh and please DO still refer to my boss as the RB, he is still a jerk at heart, he was making fun of a woman who did not fit his idea of ideal attractiveness :mad: I hate that so much!! and he was trying to get me to agree with him?? what is WRONG with people. Sorry, negative thoughts, I am trying really hard to think more positive and not let jerky people bother me :devil: as much. Hi to Lisa, Coop ,Monica, JesikaBeth, hiimawkward! :wave: |
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Thank you, Holly. I just want to sell this house and move forward with my life. My backseat was totally a jungle. That damn ficus went clear across my car. funny stuff. I had to laugh but just so glad I did not see a sheriff on my way to Jennifer's. I did not do very well yesterday with my eating. I am on the wagon today. It's great to see you post. :) |
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I am so excited that this whole house thing may be done sooner than later. i missed the game last night. Jennifer doesn't have ESPN. I am so disappointed I did not get to watch it. Yes, Ohio State was embarrassing. I turned it off, couldn't watch it. awful. Yes, no Mountain Dew in a couple of weeks, Kathleen. I'm not going back, it's too hard for me to stop this habit. |
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I need to get this off my chest.
Originally, a few months ago, I had talked with my sister about selling my house to her. We agreed on $40,000. (I would have only made $5000 on the house with that offer) This was before the fire. Now that I am selling the house "as is" I have a buyer who wants the house soon. I was after my sister the last month to go to the bank and get qualified, as far as I know, she never did. Now that I have this offer I am going to take it. I make more than $5000 with it and the house will be sold with in the month. I told her yesterday and she feels screwed. I can understand that but I have to do what is best for me. I have offered to help her financially, move her stuff into a storage unit and help her find a place to live. It's like she doesn't hear me, she has been blowing up my phone all morning. I told her I simply do not understand her at all. I am offering to help her get into an apartment or a small house. She told me she's been crying all night. I just will never understand her. I feel selfish but this is what is best for me. I try to stay away from my sister as much as possible. She is a difficult person. I just told her to stop badgering me via text. |
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