Goeie môre my vriendinne
(Good morning all my friends)
I am glad you all enjoyed my last letter, sometimes it is difficult to write in English because I am actually Afrikaans. It is good experience and it is getting easier by the day.
The first summer rains started to fall yesterday (it was only a few drops, but at least there is a change in the weather) currently it are very dry and we desperately need the rain. The area of South Africa were I live only receive Summer rain, mostly from middle October to April, it is a very long stretch between May to September to go without rain. I live on a small farm, we don’t have the luxury of municipal water, we have to use boreholes and this time of the year the water levels has dropped considerately.
Hensa, I am so very glad you have joined us, it is wonderful to read about you and your country, my DS and I looked you up on the map last night, (he loves maps).
Not much going on here, Iwas sorry to hear about Tippy, I hope she will be fine.
I must get ready for work, Have a great day everyone!
Cold and crispy and gorgeous around here. The sun is just up and the trees on the ridge are ablaze! Going to be a great walk this a.m.
Hopped on the scale and should have ignored it! We had a marinated pork roast last night for dinner (salty) and also some of my eggplant pickle (salty)! Water, water, water on the menu this morning.
Gotta tackle some accounting as well as Mount Laundry this morning. Kind of feels like Monday so it will seem like a very short week.
I agree with you Ruth, Mount Laundry is calling my name too! Dropped off dh at work this morning and soon he will be driving down to Port Clinton, Ohio with his boss for a three day meeting. The up side of this is I won't be tripping over him for the week but the down side is I will miss him!
No frost this morning so it's a sign I have a reprieve to get those bulbs planted in the front bed some time today (crossing fingers). I have been tallying all the odd jobs I have to accomplish this month before the Christmas rush and let's just say the Christmas rush is here!
Have a good day everyone and take care of yourselves!
I am having a hard time getting op, I worked really hard for 2 weeks stay op and on Friday I weighed and 199.5 Not a pound down. I should be having that beginning of program whoosh. So all that dissapointment gave me that "I don't care attitude." And I blew it big time. Got on the scale this morning and it is the same, go figure.
All is fine on the home front, we bought ninga customs for the boys last weekend and the love them. I have to keep telling them they cannot wear them for fear they might get ruined before Halloween.
Hensa, I loved yesterday's post I wish I was with you.
Peachie, great news on Jif, I hope she posts soon,
Pookie, love that baby.
Ruthie, hope there is not too much clean up today.
Morning everyone
I haven't posted in quite awhile. Guess I've been embarresed, depressed and sick of the whole thing.
I know this sounds really strange, but I've been so off kilter since Sept. 11. Everyone seems to be going back to normal, and I just can't seem to get there. It isn't just due to that day, thats just where it started.
I have been way off program since then, with no hope in sight of getting back. I seem to eat whatever I want, and tell myself my next meal will be better, hasn't happened.
I want to sleep all the time. My poor DD had less then 20 min. to eat and get ready for school today, because I apparently turned off my alarm and went back to sleep. I am tired and mean all the time, and just can't seem to figure out why.
I am still going to Curves, at least 4 times a week. But my first weigh in came and I was at the EXACT weight as last month. I know, at least I didn't gain, but so?
I finally found a Dr. and got back on my thyroid, I thought that would help, but it hasn't seemed to kick in yet...
How do I get out of this slump? A swift kick in the butt hasn't seemed to help. There is no possible way to reach my Halloween goal, and that puts my Christmas goal waaaay off.
I just can't get started again! I sit here and cry this morning as I eat my handful of M&Ms for breakfast.
What do I do? Have any of you had it this bad for this long??
Help!
McMom
OH, McMom, we have been in the same boat--some of us longer than we'd like to admit! I am STILL trying to crawl out of the Sept. 11th abyss I find myself in--one meal OP, the other not, snacking on both right and wrong foods--struggling every darn miute with it! Don't feel like you've failed, you haven't, you are at least willing to admit that it hasn't gone the way you've planned and now you know that you have to make new goals, attainable ones, and definitely in the short term, like "I will eat an OP lunch today" and sometimes that's all you can commit to for a week and then see if you can add another strictly OP meal. Crawling our way back is hard, I'm doing it myself so don't feel bad!
Or, just stop beating yourself up and just say you are not ready at this time but you know what will make you feel better (low carb) when you ARE ready.
I know it is hard but there is some great support on this board - yell when/if ya need help!
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Beautiful baby, pooky! So glad it is over for the mom, tho. I can totally relate to the 'get it out of there!' feeling (even tho I loved being PG and LOVE babies!)
Feel better, Tippy! My mom-in-law has the same prob and found stress a major factor - when she controls her stress, she has no fibs! Good luck!
Peachie! Please, please give Jiff a B-I-G hug from me and tell her that I have been thinking about her several times a day and am soooooo releived to hear she is out of the hospital and doing better! *whew* BIG sigh of relief! (hugs to you too, darlin'!)
MamaJ - Hope you are feeling better, sweetie! I had a nasty cold bug that lasted waaaay too long also! Take care of yourself and I hope that your DH doesn't get sick cuz they turn into SHs very quickly, right?
Linda - Thank you so much for the great posts about your vacation! I loved reading every post and sounds like you had a great time.
Ruthie, O X'ed one, I had to LOL at your poochie posts! Where those doggers like grandkids? Fun to have for a visit but nice to send back home to their Mom?
Hello to everyone else that I missed - I've been MIA lately due to a bit of a depression thing going on (of course, everyone is emotionally messed up lately) and just didn't have much to say. Yes, the carbs are not helping this situation either!
Love you guys!
(it is so late that noone will probably read this - oh well)
Daily ~ 9 October
Hope she is ok!
Just wanted to let you know I read no matter what time!
