Yes, and yes ..... Funny how a tiny thing forcing you to at least TRY another way opens the door to so many other possibilities....
Like you Kat, I have been trying to readjust my schedule to get more movement in.... My old standby of stairclimbing must wait till my knees are feeling better. I get a strong twinge when I put too much weight.... mostly coming down stairs. A twinge strong enough to stop me midstep....
But as I was thinking about much better I know I always feel when I get that movement in, I thought ... why not just walk the halls during that same time frame I used to devote to stair climbing.... It definitely is not the same quick "get your heart rate up" but it sure beats what I'm doing now.....
Interesting. As soon as I made up my mind I wanted to find an alternative I did.....
Hmmmmm
Was watching Rachel Ray cut an onion and I thought she did it differently than all the rest of the world. Then I saw Bobby Flay do the same thing, cutting the onion in half or quarters and then removing the skin. Much faster than my method of doing it before hand.
Guess there always is something to learn no matter how many times you've done something.....
Anagram, so sorry to hear your bil is battling cancer. I am sure your show of support at the hospital meant the world to them. Times like these you really find out who your friends are.
To everyone, sorry for being short but the washer has stopped and I must get things hung before I need to run the load again to get the wrinkles out.
Fly by post...I'm heading for the shower, then it's off to work. It's been another good day. Walked early, got enough sleep during the day (something I've been trying to work on---getting enough sleep---hard when you work nights) I even got outside for about an hour to do some tidying up of the flower beds. That always makes me feel good. Did some tidying inside too and actually hauled out the vacuum and gave it a spin.
Amazing how clearing the clutter from my head goes hand in hand with clearing the clutter from my home.
another "hmmmm," eh, Kaylets?
Yikes, 10:35...gotta run. Nighty night, all!
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I do make myself laugh when I am suddenly "enlightened" by something I've known all along.... even might have "spouted off on".......
A long tmie ago, I accidentally realized while walking to work during the aftermath of a finished romace, that I felt better mentally when I arrived at my destination.
Although I have known this for years, my first instinct to "cope"......
You guessed it, the only movement is in the jaw........
hmmmmm
Ok, ready, set,
JUMPING back into movement.......
Its more fun then being a bystander anyway!
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Thought of the day :
All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them.
Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you;
grasp it boldly and its spines crumble."
Yo Queenlies! I started a message earlier but got sidetracked -- housework, work work. That's about it No goofing off... Hmmm...
Anagram, I know your support of DS and DBIL must help them so much. It's hard when there's nothing concrete you can do. I always find it that way in those situations, a little flummoxed at the lack of an appropriate action to take.
Kaylets, funny how many times one lightbulb can light, huh. I have lightbulb moments from time to time, forget all about the revelation and then marvel anew next time the same idea occurs. Re: Q -- Saturday, for sure
Ceara, Halifax is a bit warmer than here usually. Probably a little cooler than you but in the same ballpark. We've got 24 degrees here (cherishing each one, I am) today. Calling for rain but it's sunny and lovely so far. I'd say pack for the cooler side of what you'd expect mid-June.
Kat, that sleep is crucial! When I'm tired my resistance is so low... I'll be sitting here thinking how much I'd like to go back to bed and sit another few minutes and ... another few minutes finds me going through the cupboards like a plague of locusts.
K, I must return to ye olde salt mines. Love to all!
Well, all in all, I did very well today.
Never went to the vending machine and avoided all candy dishes.
At one point of very high stress ( I realized I had made a major error!)
I seriously thought " What a day not to be able to binge"... and even wondered if I should find some privacy if I needed to compose myself.
But.... I decided to wait for the other shoe to fall and find out how awful the message back from the office would be.... and it was very supportive....
That of course, I didnt mean to make the mistake and luckily it was found quickly.
Why do is it so easy for some to just shrug and say " oh well, ".... yes, I know I';m human but I sure like to do things right .... all of the time....
Ah well.
So.
DH takes a very early flight for business tomorrow. He'll be back tomorrow evening and will be tired as he will be getting up to be at the airport for 5 am.
Yes, lightbulb that keeps lighting.... I like that concept.
Too bad I can't remember to keep it lit.
'Tis a rainy one here although not raining as hard as it was when I woke up at 4:30. Went to sleep at 9, so not too bad. And it was cozy snuggling in bed and reading the paper, drinking tea. I ran through the woods anyway -- so green! And it was mostly enjoyable, other than an area that was a bit of an obstacle course what with all the waterlogged worms laying prostrate (prostrate? supine? So hard to tell with our wormy friends!) on the path. Came back and have done most of my yoga, had brekkies, showered and am just about to hit the saltmines.
I feel pretty good, like I've just gotten unstuck. Intend to keep this up! I'm printing out my behaviors checklist and will keep it on hand to remind me Nice that I've already got a bunch of stuff to check today My weight hasn't changed but my body fat is down 2% and muscle mass up 4 pounds. Pants that were snug at just about this weight in the fall are now a little loose in the waist. Now to make the poundage reflect changes...
Oh, I forgot... I had an email from an old friend that I haven't been in touch with for 10 years or more. He moved to Montreal a few months before I got married. He's going to be visiting in a couple of weeks. It'll be great to be able to catch up with him
Kaylets: "What a day not to be able to binge" Reminds me of Leslie Nielsen (in Airplane? maybe?) when catastrophe after catastrophe struck and he went off the wagon repeatedly, from "Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit smoking" to "Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit smoking crack" or somesuch. Been there and done that with my own drug of choice...
Anagram Sending love and healing vibes to you and your family!
Love to all, mentioned or un-. Let's make this a good one!
Kaylets! Yes keeping the bulb lit is sometimes a real chore!
Another fly-bye...QOD...any day that is sunny and not too hot. We are heading for 33 today apparently...Geesh. So I am getting the heathens out and am off for a woggle before that happens...
So, another pleasant day behind me. Saw the movie "Waitress", enjoyed. Slightly cloudy here at the moment, weather was SO perfect yesterday and to be nice today I think. HOT tomorrow so I must run today, hide tomorrow.
Feeling healthier than in a long time. Must keep working on that.
Lightbulb moments, ah yes. And so many of mine are repeats.
Picnic today - looking forward to it but will have to remind me that I can't snarf everything in sight. Concentrat on people not food and I'll make it.
Catching up with friend sounds like a treat to look forward to, Arabella. Sort of reminds me of the countdown to the Irishman meetup. Any good story here?
Well, laundry calls. And other drear stuff needed to support the "exciting" moments. Thrill of the day - taking the car in for new tires. Ugh!
But I did make a decision yesterday that I've long postponed and wasted a lot of thinking time on. Progress of a sort.
was ravenous yesterday morning and wound up eating breakfast and lunch together....
and I might have hit on something.... I was not really hungry at lunch....
hmmmmm
Thought of the day:
"Its not your aptitude,
but your attitude,
that determines your altitude."
Zig Zigler
I would have to say that's my favorite day of the week. I work every other weekend, but I'm always off on Fridays. Which rocks on my weekend off...and makes working the other weekend not quite as painful. These past few weeks though, I've been putting in an extra day each week, to squirrel a bit away for upcoming Vegas trip, and it's been brutal. So, I'm especially loving THIS Friday, as I am off tonight!
I just had to use a Celsius converter to see what's what up there in the great North. Hey! It's HOT there too! Going up into the 90's (30s) here today also. Yesterday was so wonderfully warm, but not too warm, and breezy, I had every window open. Already today the humidity is rearing it's ugly head, so I've battened down the hatches and hit the a/c again!
I got my walk in again today. Contemplated skipping it because my left knee has been a little twingey the past two days. I have been walking on a blacktop track though, so today I hit another park, much more pastoral and less utilitarian. The other place was a good start for me, just to get me back into the habit of a daily walk...but now it's time to branch out and really enjoy the full experience.
It was a marvelous walk, hilly and green and rambling. A full sensual onslaught of sights, sounds, smells and happy thoughts. I have always loved this park...so many good memories, going W A Y back to childhood...winters sleigh riding and ice skating, summertime family picnics, nature hikes in the fall with girl scouts, even skipping school on those first glorious spring days and the hill would be covered with like-minded truants playing frisbee, hanging out, a smoky haze hanging over the scene...hey! It was the early 70s, what can I say? Every place I passed had a sweet memory attached to it. DH and I even had our wedding pictures taken there. AND? My knee really didn't hurt as much.
Kaylets...I'm glad all was resolved without a binge!
Anagram...how did you do at the picnic? Socializing = less calories than Snarfing!
ceara...did you get your veggies planted? I keep talking about the same thing...hasn't happened yet, however.
Arabella...
Quote:
I feel pretty good, like I've just gotten unstuck.
Hear, hear, sister! I feel it too and it feels good!
Off to hit the shower, take a wee nap and enjoy the rest of my day off! I hope you all have a fabulous Friday too!
Good morning lies! I've been up for hours already while DH continues to snooze. A little Reiki self-treatment, a little poring over decorating books and magazines. Amazing how the time goes, but it's nice to have the leisure Woke up to a lovely sunny day that clouded over -- I see the clouds seem to be breaking up again so I guess I'll clothe myself soonly and get over to the woods for my run.
Anagram, I hate car-related chores, too. House chores less so, except that time and energy never seem to be adequate to keep them done up.
Nope, no romantic aspect to the old friend meet-up. He's gay, for one thing. But just someone to have good conversations with -- and what's more precious, really?
Katrina, working an extra shift? UGH! But hopefully your trip will make it up to you. Your walk really does sound wonderful -- a powerful, integrative experience.
Kaylets, it's interesting when we try to let our hunger guide our feeding, isn't it. I know I have a tendency to try to ignore the hunger pangs that don't seem to be at an appropriate time (even though an impulse can have me diving off the wagon any old time of day -- and hunger not the point). But what I find, when I let myself work with it, is that I may be extra hungry one day and then the next not so much.
Heights? I'm okay as long as I feel secure. But climbing a tall ladder?
K -- I started this in the a.m. and now it's past 3:30. Hope all are enjoying their royal Saturday!
Hi ladies. I have been in denial. But everything I had lost is back on again. I need to be in some kind of group to be accountable. I didn't want to be a slave to a diet. I thought maybe I could eat like a normal person. Nope, not to that point yet. Can't excersice unless I am dieting either. Tomorrow I will be back on the band wagon. I have a bratty baby right now or I might just start tonight. lol I "think" I will be joining WW again this week, paying for meetings. My house in NV is in escrow, FINALLY! It is suppose to close Friday. Being broke is AWFUL on the waist band. I tend to eat away my worries. I have missed you but I wasn't brave enough to come back here without hitting bottom again. Hubby got a motorcycle this past week and he took a picture of me on it, and I saw the picture and I cried. That is NOT me! I got rid of my big clothes and I refuse to buy more so I have no choice but to lose it again. I hope I can jump in the convo without reading a million pages I missed out on. If I have missed something REALLY important, PM me please. Thank you! Husbands are REALLY hard on a diet. lol
The trek here wasn't too hard. My teenager is back at home. My baby turns 1 in a week. We are broker than broke paying for 2 residences for 6 months. But all in all, everything is fine except my self confidence. lol Missed you all!
Spent the weekend doing laundry and taking naps. Both DH and I were off which was a treat. Did have to see the vet for an flea bite that got chewed up but we were told we got there early....
Watched the "Queen" yesterday and was very teary throughout.....
Flower! I'm with you ! I don't want to buy clothers either!
Lets drink water and get more activity in today.....
AND don't forget, you've been thru lots and lots of stress lately....
Coping with food may not be good for our waistlines but at least its better than some other coping skills!
Rain starting here so I am off.....
Hugs to all Royals!!
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Thought of the day :
"Kindness is difficult to give away as it keeps coming back."
Church Billboard in Louisiana
Good morning, lies and welcome to a fresh new week. Let's get this thing started!
I'm thinking seriously of trying to take a little time off. Definitely seems like I'm ready. In the meantime, though, I've got a lot of work to get through Housework, too. BUT... MIL's estate will be settled soon and I've told DH I want to get a maid service in to do one of their spring clean kind of deals. Once the place is up to snuff it will be easier to maintain.
Flower! So nice to see you back in the palace! Ah, yes, denial. I've spent lots of time there. And so often it's a photo that yanks me out. Don't worry -- you'll have that off again in no time!
Kaylets, I'm looking forward to seeing The Queen. (Love Helen Mirren!) DH saw it on a plane so we haven't gotten it. He's going to be away next week so I'll put it on my list for then.
K, lovelies, I guess I'll get to woik. Ick. Ah, let's take this day and do the best we can with it.
Fly-by hi
Re: Q -- Saturday, for sure 
Good morning Queenlies!
'Tis a rainy one here although not raining as hard as it was when I woke up at 4:30. Went to sleep at 9, so not too bad. And it was cozy snuggling in bed and reading the paper, drinking tea. I ran through the woods anyway -- 
My weight hasn't changed but my body fat is down 2% and muscle mass up 4 pounds. Pants that were snug at just about this weight in the fall are now a little loose in the waist. Now to make the poundage reflect changes...
Reminds me of Leslie Nielsen (in Airplane? maybe?) when catastrophe after catastrophe struck and he went off the wagon repeatedly, from "Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit smoking" to "Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit smoking crack" or somesuch. 
Been there and done that with my own drug of choice...
I keep talking about the same thing...hasn't happened yet, however. 
lies! I've been up for hours already while DH continues to snooze. A little Reiki self-treatment, a little poring over decorating books and magazines. Amazing how the time goes, but it's nice to have the leisure 
House chores less so, except that time and energy never seem to be adequate to keep them done up. 
Fresh start Monday
