Happy birthday, Anne!
And congratulations on getting back to the 100 pound mark!
You're working your way back, slowly but surely, and you'll get there. That's fantastic about the triathlon - you must still be in awesome shape to be able to do that. Be sure to come and tell us about it.
Ah, Diamonda, I hear you on stress.
It would all be so much easier without stress ... but sometimes it seems like life is nothing
but stress. Do you find that exercise helps? It's an de-streesor for me, a notion I would have had hysterics about a few years ago.
Question for you - when you stress eat and you can see and feel yourself doing it, like you said, what message is going through your mind? What are you saying to yourself? Is it 'I know what I'm doing and I just don't care' or more like 'I deserve this since I've had such a rotten day'? I think the messages we give ourselves are so powerful and maybe there's a way to counter the tape that runs through your head during the bad times? I know that postive affirmations can seem really hokey, but sometimes they work. We had a thread once upon a time about personal mantras and it was amazing some of the things we say to ourselves to try to stay in control.
I went back to my shoulder doctor yesterday and was told that I need to take it easy for another six weeks and then can pretty much do what I want. Everything is healing on track.
I'm back to regular workouts, but am very weak in my chest and shoulders. He said that the important thing now is just to fire the muscles as frequently as possible and not worry about the strength issue yet. So I work out with the little DBs ... it's a humbling experience!
Can you believe it's Memorial Day weekend already?? The start of summer, in my mind.
No big plans here ... I want to plant my herb garden and really clean my car inside and out. I keep collecting empty water bottles from the gym under my seats!
What's everyone else doing this weekend?
Back at -100!
Coooeee! I'm just muscling in on the maintainers bit for a while. I'm maintaining in my attitude - 2000kcals and doing what I've always done with a few treats. I'm hoping it might relax me!
