GM/GD Fellow Beckies!
I am happy to report that I have had two restful nights of sleep in a row. Minor miracle! I slept from 3:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. I did awake often but I was able to stay put and fall back to sleep. What a difference it makes to not have pain awaken me.
Beverlyjoy I hear you loud and clear. I ordered a book from Amazon.com on
Self-treating your Knees. I read the reviews and decided to get it after someone who also had similar knee injuries and subsequent surgery, as moi, and did these exercises. I look forward to getting that book.
Anne I am so sorry to hear about your migraines. If it is any consolation they do go away on their own often as we move through our hormonal changes. I recall those days....horrible. My heart goes out to you.
BBE Are you going to have anything left in that 3 story house of yours when you have removed everything? One of my "beefs" is how quickly electronics become obsolete and when I mention "So, what should I do with this?" all I get is "I dunno". I just wish this area of manufacturing would get behind the "green movement" and learn how to refurbish/recycle/reuse some or all of these components. I saw a 60 minutes report that all of the U.S.'s computers et al are going to landfills in Africa and children are taking them apart and selling them for the metals contained including, yes, our old hard drives with all of our personal information on it! OY!
Chefjoona No these flowers aren't mine. Just a photo of some I liked but are abundant around here. Someday, when I get a full yard again, I will resume my gardening in that area full force. I miss it terribly.
I reviewed some of the past Days in the pink book because I felt I may not have given them their "due"; since I don't think I shared much on
Planning on Eating Out. As everyone knows here, I love to eat out. I do feel very fortunate that I can eat as healthy as I want or as decadently as I want depending on which street I turn down here in Atlanta. Within a three miles radius either way I can have vegetarian, organic, Chinese, Thai, Greek, Irish/English, Mexican, Brazilian, Italian, to name just a few. I have a lot of practice in this area. I will share some of the practices I use ( a couple I noticed Dr. Beck also subscribes to):
* Get to know my "favorite" restaurants' menus including going online if possible for nutritional information or even asking for a copy of their take out menu
*Create shortcuts on my computer for easy acces of online menus/nutritional breakdowns
*Consult those menus prior to eating at restaurant if possible or if frequent a lot know what I can/can't eat there
*Pre-plan what I will/won't eat
*Choose a seat as far away from wafting kitchen smells as possible.
*Always ask for a window seat so you have the activity of outdoors as a pleasant non-food distraction
*Engage in conversation (eating out is more about the experience than just the food)
*Eat slowly. Drink non-caloric beverages or a special glass of wine slowly. Savor the whole experience.
*Even when tempted to go through drive through, make the extra effort to go indoors to order or eat and/or eat outside in fresh air whenever possible.I have been a big stickler on this with my DH because I
hate to eat on the run.
*Eat sitting down. A lot of restaurants have small tables outside. Yes, including McDonalds! Again, "take in the whole experience".
I was on
Emotional Eating yesterday but I was busy catching up with some other things, including sleep, so I decided to wait until today to work on that. Since this is a big area of my life that I have been working on for years, I want to give this day its due.
I do want to add that if I inadvertently offended anyone who does have to deal with "Food Pushers", I am truly sorry. I know that I am very fortunate that I do not have anyone who pushes food at me except myself. However, I do realize that for some of you this is an ongoing issue. My sympathy goes your way. It's hard enough when we struggle to say "No Way" and someone else is trying to break down our (sometimes fragile) resistance. My apologies again.
P.S. Yes, you noticed right. I decided that I would lower my goal weight by 5 lbs. Although 140 is ideal BMI for me, I have been 135 lb before and it is a good weight for me. I would like 140 to be the weight that I don't allow myself to go over when I am on maintenance. Less is best.