Originally Posted by paperclippy:
Megan, a weekend alone sounds like a great opportunity for some long walks with Emma to me!

Definitely on the docket! Ha, she wouldn't let me sit at the computer and do my taxes until I've taken her on an exercise/exploration walk, not just a bathroom walk. She does not appreciate it if I take more than about 20 minutes to sit and drink my coffee and check the weather etc. at the computer. She knows its the weekend, and we should be headed outside! She starts trying to jump in my lap... but she looks so cute and acts all loveable doing it. After a long walk, she will nap or sun herself and leave me to whatever I'm doing.

Allison, pants that fit properly are better than tight pants! That's progress you should be proud of!

Jessica, stay away from the bagels!!!

It's funny what makes me less snacky at night. I found eating a serving of nuts or other healthy fats earlier in the day will help make me less genuinely hungry later (but I have to eat the healthy fats earlier. If I wait until after dinner, it's too late). Since I figured that out, my nighttime snacking is now only due to emotional or bored eating.

Bargoo, and Becky. Ow. I'm sorry you have/had to experience that. It sounds very painful.

Becky, when I first broke imy shoulder I actually slept in my clothes, only forced myself into clothes when I had to go to the Doctor. I am sure people in the neighborhood were wondering "who is that strange woman, in a bathrobe , with her arm in a sling out walking a dog" . I tried walking him early in the AM or after dark so I wouldn't be seen. I am past that part, thankfully. Sometimes people wonder why I don't take my coat off when it is so darn hot in the room. I would rather be too hot than struggle in and out of my coat more than necessary. I did the same with hair that you did, I had nice long hair that I could wear many ways, but had to admit I just couldn't do it anymore, so it is cut pretty short. After all those years of letting it grow, I don't think I will ever have long hair again. About surgery the surgeon said "it may help with the pain and it may help with the movement". I thought those odds were not good enough to go through such a long surgery so declined. I have enough movement to get by. I had a friend that did the same thing I did and had surgery, she didn't have any more movemet than I did. There are worse things that could happen, it actually is kind of funny at times. Recently I was at dinner with family and my DS and DIL to be, someone proposed a toast and I couldn't raise my glass !

I was just reading an article in my Master's swimming magazine about a guy whose impingement eventually tore out the muscles in his rotator cuff. He had the bone shaving to increase the room and had muscles reattached; it was a full year before he had the range and strength back. He was told, though, that if he didn't have it done he would eventually lose the use of the arm. I guess I'd reconsider if that were the option, but until then, like you, I am going to explore EVERY other possibility. :)

My MIL once went in for shoulder surgery. She was told it was for something rather minor, but once in, they determined it was in fact a rotator cuff tear and proceeded to repair it. It took over a year to heal and she still has pain in that shoulder. A few years later, she had a similar problem with the other shoulder and a new doctor knew right away it was rotator cuff tear. He proceeded to repair it in a different fashion and MIL never had pain post op and didn't need nearly the PT, either. Her arm is a little misshapen if you know where to look but hey, it beats pain any day!

Outstanding meal with friends: "blue" sashimi-grade grilled tuna, with grilled onion butter, tomato couscous, and sautéed mushrooms. Mmmmm! :)

DH and I had my birthday/our 17th "anniversary" cake last night - a small one but we still ate it all :ink:. I was so :tired: I don't really have a memory of whether it was good or not. No other "cake" occasions until his birthday next year.

Apparently I've been eating more than a "few" extra cals to get through the winter months. I'm going to have to join the next dieting thread and lose the winter weight - it's now no longer bloat or temporary gain or whatever.

I can't get through the winter without eating more - I felt like falling down :faint: last night @ 7 p.m. after I finished my last walk in the howling wind. DH made dinner and did the dishes as he could see I was swaying from fatigue when I stood up.

Ate my cake and went to bed. Too tired to shower or brush my teeth.

I wish I could take one weekend off and go to a hotel and stay in bed and read. SIGH.

I'm getting a new notebook today for logging and will start tomorrow. We are having dinner at a place also called the "Pour House" tonite. DH might be getting a bookkeeping job :D with the company who runs a chain of those types of restos so we're going to check one out for my birthday dinner.

Good Saturday all!

Dagmar :sumo:

Dagmar, this is the place to come to for challenges. Most of us have been around awhile and are meeting different challenges. My biggest challenge is keeping off what I have already lost. It is a day by day challenge.

Dagmar, we ate at the Pour House on Wednesday. Not sure if it's part of a chain though--it's situated within a private country club.

I'm down half a pound this week. I was really hoping for a full pound, but I'll take what I can get.

Allison, good news on the half a pound.

My motto, "If I don't get what I want, want what I get."

Originally Posted by alinnell:
Dagmar, we ate at the Pour House on Wednesday. Not sure if it's part of a chain though--it's situated within a private country club.

I'm down half a pound this week. I was really hoping for a full pound, but I'll take what I can get.

I think "Pour House" is a popular name. The one we are going to tonite is a kind of "upscale" pub idea with a lot of pub-type offerings on the menu. We aren't going there for the food - DH wants to be able to say that he has eaten at one of their restaurants when he does the interview on Monday.

Porbably nothing to do with where you went Allison.

Dagmar :D

Great job on the half pound Allison!

A full week after the Mexican fiasco of last weekend, and the 4 lbs from it is gone. Maybe a smidge more, hard to say. I've been very active the last two days, POP with food, and am feeling good! :carrot:

Dagmar, enjoy your date tonight and GL to DH's interview. Winter can be tough. I can't imagine how I would deal with it health-wise if I lived in a place with a true winter again. I read your posts about being outside all day on a cold, rainy winter day, Saef's posts about pouring water to unfreeze her door handle at 5 AM to go to the gym and can't imagine that kind of commitment to getting outside in such cold. I'm afraid I would just hibernate, not work out and eat too much. At any rate I admire you for going out day after day in the weather.

Hello everyone.....
Been too busy to check in much. Still haven't felt great either-- headache off and on since last Sunday.
Dh left yesterday for Asia for 2 weeks-- my bookfair starts Monday-- did the teacher previews on Thursday-- so I'm going to be very busy in the next week.
I always have trouble making it to the gym when I have bookfair because my hours are so much longer, but I'll do my best. I went to Bikram Yoga yesterday (it was really hard-- not sure if it was the heat/humidity or my not feeling 100%), and I'm going to try to go today and tomorrow. Hopefully that will offset if I miss a day or two or three next week.
I told dd I'd try to make dinners this week but it's going to be a struggle.

I spent way too much money yesterday so I need to eat beans for awhile!! Dd and I went shopping for her dress for her Senior Ball-- luckily we found one! Then my iphone died. I've had issues with it and couldn't get it back on. I went to ATT and they couldn't get it going either. They said *maybe* the Apple store could help, but I knew that would be $$$$. Since we no longer have a home phone, and dd is out of state and dh out of the country, I felt vulnerable without a phone, so I went ahead and upgraded to the new iphone. Now Siri and I will have to get to know each other.....

I would love to know Siri, but my google accounts and Siri do not get along well...so i am likely getting the droid 4. I have had my droid since the very first edition, Xmas 2009. I've beaten the heck out of it. We both need to move on.

Now, I need to figure out how to download my phone pics/ vid and pull the trigger on the purchase.

update- I ran this Thurs! about 3.5ish. Lost 4 pound b/w Thurs and Fri ;). My body was saying thank you :) Of course, put those mostly right back, except the first- which I'm cool with. And did another 5ish this am. Woohoo.

happy weekend to all!

I posted yesterday in two different threads and now can't find either one... I think my computer hates me. No time to recap, back later.

Kitty - you'll totally rock your race. :)

Love my Droid! DH, DS and I all had the first Droid, DD got the Droid X and now DH and I have the Droid Razr (DS "graduated" to the iPhone which he'd wanted since it came out but I refused to change to ATT).