Ladies: Oh my god. I am so bloody tired. Packing is crazy, I'm still sleep deprived, and work went from its usual 80 MPH to 110 MPH on Monday. I swear to god sometimes this place (my job) is trying to kill me! But the move and the packing and even my current breakneck speed project is supposed to be done by the end of the month. So I think I deserve, during that first weekend in August, a massage and a weekend to myself, if nothing else than to sleep and unpack. Sound fair?
Anyway, that's where my head's been this last week -- packing, forcing myself to run on very little sleep, Super Stress at work...but here's the good news...drumroll... I lost 2.6 pounds this week! :
:: Can you believe it? That's the second week in a row that I've lost a large amount. I think the thing I'm doing with points is really paying off.
You probably won't hear from me again this week. I'm sorry. Most days it's all I can do to keep my head above water, but I had to tell my turtles about my success. I always call my family, and then I have to go tell you guys.
::hugs::
Anyway, here's my individual responses...
Judy -- I think the arrangement of points worked very, very well. I cut 14 off the top of my flex points, added those, 2 per day, to my daily minimum, and saved the rest for the weekend. I'll admit, I still went a bit over, but not much, and I *always* wrote it down -- and it looks like I am on the right track -- I lost 2.4 pounds last week, 2.5 this week. I can't remember such significant weight losses two weeks in a row EVER, so I'm thrilled.
It's working, and no more dizzy spells, so I'm going to go with it for now. We'll see how it goes when I get back to working out again, which I cannot do now between the move and the exhaustion. It's really affecting my stress level, but I just feel awful right now. I'll get back to it soon enough. Congrats on your recent WL, and all of your costume ideas sound like a blast to me!
Oh, and hey, no word back on the lease, so we'll see what happens. Re disappearing messages -- I am used to 3FC eating my messages in transit now. I also copy and paste it somewhere else, or just copy it onto the clipboard before I try to post. I got sick and tired of eating messages. Congrats again on the WL. That is awesome, you are on a roll!
Princess: That is so exciting! You can fit into a size 12, that is AMAZING. Congratulations, big time! What a feeling, huh? As corny as it sounds, my leader is right -- nothing tastes as good as that feels. Re the apartment: I may pay them to make them go away, and I can -- but I feel that they are trying to take advantage of me and not taking into consideration their own inability to manage their complex, and punishing me unfairly. I have to try to fight, and, well, if it doesn't work out, I'll cope somehow. Oh, and enjoy your vacation!
Piano: Exercising control when it comes to goodies is important and sooo hard. Take your victories where you find them, and if you aren't happy with something (i.e. what you brought to a meeting), strategize how you will change that. If you're happy with it, go with it. Never beat yourself up about the past, you can only change the present and strategize for the future. I learned that the hard way, trust me.
Chrily: All things come with habit. There are kinds of exercise which do not require your legs -- perhaps a rowing machine (I think that is not so hard on your legs, but it might be -- you'll have to try it), and water exercise at a local Y or gym or pool, and I've even seen a machine at more than one Bally's where you move your arms instead of your legs, and get your cardio that way. Ask your doctor for ideas about exercising and getting cardio, etc., without stressing the parts that hurt. I know that my hips and knees hurt a lot more when I was heavier, and as I've lost weight, the pain has gone down significantly. Glucosamine Chondroiton (sp?) also seemed to help with that.
Piano and best of luck. You can do this!
: and reminders to exercise, watch portions, drink loads of water and have a good day!
! Glad you're having fun and enjoying yourself. I had a nice WI and am doing well. Two dresses arrived for me to try on for my mother-of-the-bride dress. One is much too small-size 18 but I thought I'd give it a shot, and the other is a little big, size 20. I'm happy I followed my friend's advice because the dress that fits me is really pretty and just needs to be shortened. Yay. I have time for that because the wedding isn't until October.
today too.