Good morning, dear girls!
Must get coffee... back later...

Just had coffee and am running my bath. I am off to the foot clinic for 9 where Darlene will do her magic with my piggy toes - eczema is nearly all gone, by the way. This afternoon Homemaker Jane comes and I will take off for Brockville for errands and a haircut. What a pathetic life I lead!

Last night was NOT an OP night! Leftover Christmas pretzels attacked me! They were even stale! So silly but lots of water will be glugged today to ditch the water retention. My wedding ring is so stuck it won't turn, much less come off. Rats!

It seems strange not to have a big project on the go after the 6 weeks of rehearsal. However, I am making lists again and may even hit the sewingroom one fine day. I need to look at my tax cal programs too as "that time" is approaching fast! AND soon it will be greenhouse time! Yippee!

Have a great Thursday, Beauties!

Mornin! Mornin! Ok I have no clue why I am in such a good mood. Went out again for supper; but didn't do too bad. Got a club but only ate the meat and bacon and lettuce. Then went home and did a 2 1/2 mile walk



Drinkin some hot tea right now. In a bit I will have my cereal bar. Those are really tasty; tastes just like a cinnamon bun but no sugar or carbs. I was hoping for the wintery mix they were callin for last night, but that never happened. All's what we got was rain. Tonight I have my low impact aerobics class and I'm really lookin forward to it.

Hope everyone has a good Thursday!

Morning ladies!

I hope everyone is feeling good today. I am feeling pretty great! I had good and not so good stuff happen last night. The bad: I had a glass of white wine. It was all they had so I went with it, and I had a tiny bit of white rice (maybe two tablespoons) to go with the homemade (and I was assured low-fat) Chicken Saag my friend prepared. I am in Phase II now, so I justified it somehow.

The good is, they girls finished up with cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory (!!!!) and I had none! Also, on my way to dinner I decided to wear my lightweight jacket, since we've been experiencing what I'd call spring-like weather here in the mountains (maybe 43?) and I got to button buttons I've never buttoned before!! It's a peacoat, and I always just buttoned the top button, but last night I was able to button BOTH! and it wasn't tight either!!

This came at a good time because I was getting a little discouraged lately. I have been going to the gym regularly (3-4 times per week for 45mins to an hour) since November, but I felt like I should have been seeing more progress. I haven't really taken a tally of how much I have lost on SBD. I wanna say maybe 12 pounds? But I need to go to WW to be sure. They have my last accurate weight. But I felt like I had hit a plateau and wasn't really seeing a change in my body. Until last night! And now my favorite grey pants are big!

So I'm gonna stay motivated and keep with this WOE. I'm very satisfied with the SBD today.

Anyway, I'm off. Here's to buttoning buttons we've never buttoned before!

Danielle

Ms24 - Don't ask why you're in the good mood, just go with it! And congrats on turning down the bread - it's a hard thing to do!
Ruth - From what I've seen, you'll have something fantastic in the works in no time.
Ellis - good idea, I'm off to get mine!

. . .In a bit I will have my cereal bar. Those are really tasty; tastes just like a cinnamon bun but no sugar or carbs.

ooooh - what is this great cereal bar you're talking about Ms24?

Mornin Chickies!

Hey Ruth your show is goin to be in Huntsville over the week-end at one of the universities here. All proceeds got to benifit women in need of course. It was funny cause they had a guy doin the bit about it. I think his face turned red! haha

To the rest have a great day! Congrats on the buttons!

I'm tryin to get all my taxes figured out so I can get them done before my dh comes unglued.

Have a Blessed Day all!

hello everyone, I am doing a Motts rainbow colour post..........so much more interesting than the black and white. I always have lots of coloured pens in my bag. I especially like the shiny glittery ones you can get.

Ruth, stale pretzels! That was some rebellion! But often that sort of food is very nice, in a strange sort of way. I once found the end of an old chocolate cake in a tin, which had been forgotton for ooooo I would say eight months. And I ate it up with marmalade spread on. Why? because I could. Maybe there is a way you can make the prospect of doing phase one for a while more interesting for yourself. eg just say you would like to lose the four pounds or whatever to get back to onederland, and no more. Or reshuffle the pack a bit and make a list of phase one possible foods and meals that are completely not what you have had before, eg haddock for breakfast, walnuts instead of pecans, do a veggie day with it and cook tofu.......whatever to make it a bit different and promise yourself that you are just going to aim low for now. Now, I hope you dont think I am teaching my grandmother to suck eggs here (although you might try that........) but it seems you are getting frustrated with the difficulty of getting in to the swing.

and you are not a but more of a and a and a



Hey Danielle, congrats on the coat experience!! I love those clothes moments! I had a coat one too, and it definitely helped me feel good about myself. I dont usually wear black but I did the other day and someone said 'oh black really suits you it slims you down.' and then looked at me and said 'in fact, you should wear it more often as it really does make you look as if you have lost weight'. I decided to ignore the potential insult in there around her inability to conceive that I might actually have dropped a few pounds.......

Must get on with my afternoon now.
love xxxx

Ellis! Did not want to leave you out. How is the coffee?? Mine just now was yum yum fuel.

That's excellent Clovey! I'd take it for the compliment it is! It's the only thing you can do.

I hate backhanded compliments, but I get them all the time. Anytime someone says, "Wow, you're losing weight! Keep it up!" I'm usually like, keep it up, eh? So I suppress the urge to tell them to "bite me" and just smile politely and say "thanks."

Clovey that is so funny. How rude of her. I could not imagine telling someone that. Just say hey you look nice in black. Even have you lost weight but to say what she did. Maybe a lil of the J word goin on!

Overfedup oh my gosh peeps are so rude! I could not imagine tellin someone to keep it up in that way. Just say wow your lookin good or sumin but keep it up like losin weight makes you a better person. Oh my!

Hah! Absolutely those 'compliments' full of judgment!! Horrible! Vile! Especially 'keep it up'

I think it was Winston Churchill who is supposed to have had the following exchange

Woman 'You, Sir, are drunk!!'
Churchill 'And you, Madam, are ugly, but I shall be sober in the morning'


We could adapt it
'You, FatChick, are fat!'
'Yes, Madam, but I shall be sensitive, thoughtful, kind AND slim in the morning'

Or there is always the other one...

I may be fat but your ugly... I can diet what can you do!? Not the friendliest reply but sometimes you have to be a lil to honest! haha

Just a quick check-in. I wanted to post this morning but I've been feeling so sad and didn't want to bum everybody out first thing in the morning. This grieving thing really sucks!!!!!!

Anyway, I've been good diet wise this week. Haven't started exercising yet, though. Although I might not post everyday, I do come here several times a day for your support and to be sure that Ellis is behaving herself