Okay picture a pregant lady standing on a kitchen table yelling mouse! That was me about 30 years ago when we first got married. Hah hah! I don't like them either and it was a good thing we moved but here in the country they come by once in awhile.I hate that sticky stuff that they get stuck on I can never use that its cruel beyond belief. Good luck at least you shared some cals. Nikki too bad about the BF years ago my daughter go in a mixup since someone littered with her stuff and it was traced back to her. Being the don't litter the world or environment person it was beyond unfair bu she ended up with a lawyer and it cost her 125.00 nuts it was I tell you. Good luck my thoughts are with you both. Yes I m in the field mental health and MR. Marie you'll be fine determined to keep it off. Telling my folks isn't easy or their families I feel really bad. Many sad faces, hugs and good wishes etc. Well my cals today were 1450 not a bad day. I exercised a bit in the pool. I HAVE INVESTIGATION TRAINING ON TUES. ALL DAY LONG. tHAT WILL END MY SERIES. TAKE CARE GIRLS.
Carol - Congratulations on the .5 lb. down. I'm with you weighing in daily. I just read that women who weigh daily lose twice as much as those who only weigh once a month or less. Yes, we're getting a few quotes on our patio, etc. It's taking a while though as contractors are really busy this time of the year and trying to get their projects done before the rain sets in again.
Nikki - It will make a nice change for you to stay with your boyfriend's family. I bet his mom is a good cook. It's nice of her to add some extra protein for you to balance out the carbs. I hope you enjoy Hot Fuzz. It is kind of violent, but also funny.
Marie - I hope you can get back in the groove again eating-wise. I've been going through something similar - just treading water (gaining and losing the same 3-4 lbs.) You've come such a long way losing 40 lbs. Don't forget: Quitting is NOT and option! I'm looking forward to seeing your website when it's up and running.
Judy - I'm glad you managed to maintain, even with all the temptations lately. I'm also mouse-phobic. We suspected we had mice in an apartment years ago and my DH set out a trap in the kitchen the day before he went out of town on a trip. I had forgotten about it and was alone one evening when I suddenly heard the dreaded "SNAP". I was literally shaking for about half an hour, it was like a horror movie. I eventually got up courage to look and picked up the dead mouse + trap with about half a roll of paper towels and disposed of it. Ugh! Funny, because years later our son had a pet rat "Sniffy" which I was very fond of and I had no problem holding and petting him.
I'm off for a day at the beach tomorrow with my girlfriends. Once a year we have a get-together at a friend's cottage in Manzanita. The weather is a bit crummy and we'll be lucky if it hits 60 deg. It will be nice to walk on the beach and breathe the sea air. We're doing a potluck lunch so I'll have to be a bit careful.
Penny hope yoou have super time on the beach with good company the weather doesn't matter so much. I have training today and finger printing for the new job. I have just started a summer cold now thats not very nice. Because I can't even take sick time unless its preapproved. Oh heck! Well some healthy foods will have to kick in. I did the scale again this morning it remained the same but at least it still reflected the .5 loss. I do agree that the scale tends to keep us in tune a bit more. There was a time I didn't think it was a good idea to use it so often. I will be having my meals all out today so I will try and becareful maybe not feeling so good will come in handy. Take care girls and have a healthy day. Marie you will be fine just go back to what you were doing in the past and its a sure win for you. Sometimes I go back to see what I ate when I lost before and just follow that menu for a week. Nikki sounds like creative cooking is coming your way. Maybe his mom and you can have some fun together in the kitchen. I am glad the family is trying to meet your dietary needs and wants also thats good support and they must be good folks. Judy hope the mouse took off down the street as fast as he could go. I will ck in my intakes later on. For now jumping on more than once a day sometimes helps me ensure I am staying on track.
Hi all, sounds like we're all a bit wimpy when it comes to mice. I will Not do the trap thing - DH has to do it. The closest I come is when the kitty leaves a dead mouse at the front door. I get the doggie's pooper scooper and drop it into the poop bucket. I HATE mice except the world famous Mickey. So Judy you are far from alone. Enjoy your last day off.
Penny, the beach is nice but I do like it warm. If it's chilly I'm there only for a walk then I'm gone. I hope you have fun.
Nikki, I hope the time at BF house is going good.
Carol, get some echinecea and golden seal. Always kicks a cold's but for me. I hope your training is going okay.
I did it yesterday, I logged all my foods for Fri, Sat and Sun. Eeks. Not great but really not horrible. B-day Friday was way bad, about 2500 cals. The other days 1700-1800 cals.
Monday's stats: 1550 cals, walked 1.5 miles, biked 8.25 miles. Pretty good there. Too bad I have the munchies at the moment. I'm hoping my mint gum will do the trick.
did I mention what my beloved doggies did while I was out biking on Sunday? If I did, sorry. But the goons stole a 3 pound bag of Chicken Jerky Doggie treats (because they love them so much) and ate them all. At first I thought maybe only Kody ate them, but alas, Blizzard is still sick. Out on today's walk, she actually puked 3 times. Poor baby - I know I'm a softie. So I gave her pepto (vet prescribed) and made her rice for breakfast. BTW, I moved the 2nd bag bought at costco out of my craft room and into a closet.
Marie oops those naughty little puppies. I wonder if thety related being sick to their actions? They are just like little kids sometimes. Bear would of enjoyed helping them they could of had a party together what one doesn't think of the other would like teenagers. Hah hah! Marie I am trying to watch my intakes as well its not so easy when we have special occasions. We are going camping this weekend I think I am making chicken burgers for myself and getting chicken sausage for when they have hot dogs. That will be healthier and I will pick up some whole wheat rolls or pitas. Take some veggies and salsa for snack times I am planning on being careful but will have a few drinks so I will have to count them in. But will also have kayaking and hiking to burn some cals off one could hope would be nice to see a loss on monday instead of a gain of any sort I will do my best. Well I got my fingerprinting done but some of it didn't pass on the computer scan as my fingers wouldn't cooperate so well. Wow I didn't realize I had arthritis so bad in them. So I had to do the old fashion way of printing. Hopefully the FBI and State will be okay with it. This is for my new job. All agencies are now doing it but because I started so many years ago this wasn't a need. Oh always something huh. Also the investigation training yesterday will be a need for my new job as well as the current one. Some of the stuff the video conference showed us I pray I never have to do like sit in at an autopsy for a client. They don't pay us enough anywhere to do some of these things. Yesterdays conference completed my training with the investigation stuff for now thank goodness. My lunch yesterday was not good in the calorie dept and to be honest it wasn't worth the cals eaten. For dinner I had fresh salsa low in cals with some tortillas and a few pretzels with mustard to dip them in. My over all day I am guessing 1700 and I added on the high side. I guess not having dinner helped a little. Oh well this a.m. I feel like the lbs. are around that I put back on my skirt was a little tighter than in the past an inspiration to remember today to eat healthy funny how we think huh? Take care and hope everyone is doing well.
Well I had a little surgery on my big toe yesterday. After the hiking trip in Alaska, it wasn't healing right so part of the nail was removed and I've been benched for a few days. The dr. okayed the exercycle today so I'll probably do that but not much more. I'm really tired for some reason so I'm not in the mood but I'll get to it... I'm on antibiotics and I hate those - think yeast infections - but I'll take them all as the toe was messed up. The dressing is huge and even one of my sandals won't fit so I stayed home. I need to take Blizzard to the vet as her paw is messy again. I'm not happy about that as well as both doggies aren't eating after their jerky adventure. The jerks.
Carol, sounds like you have some good plans for the camping. It is hard when everyone else is enjoying the high cal / high fat versions. I hate feeling singled out but my fat cells did that for me.
BTW, I was reading a Reader's Digest while the dr. was doing the surgery and one article was on the XXLing of America. It started off saying that Americans are 7.223 billion pounds overweight, give or take a million. Is that not an unreal statistic. At least we're doing something about our part. Then it said about one guy who uses his toilet made for up to 1200 pounds. HOW would you get that big??? I'm overweight and can't even imagine. Certainly an interesting article.
Yesterday's stats: 1465 cals and 1.5 miles walking and feet elevated all evening.
Well, I need to call my office and tell them I won't be in and then call the vet.
Marie
Marie, I checked out your website and of course clicked the urgent announcements. Ah, I remember those spring "bomb scares" and fire alarms when we'd all have to wander around outside for a while in the warm afternoon sun. We didn't take those things so seriously back in those days, but time have changed. Hope you're staying off your poor toe.
Penny, I can barely abide hamsters and gerbils. Even thinking about Sniffy makes me shudder. My apt's management came by yesterday to plug any holes, but they also put down those horrific glue traps. They promised to come immediately if necessary....but meanwhile I have to force myself to go into the kitchen and stop flinching. Well, it'll be good for that night snacking problem, anyway!
Nikki, I hope things went okay in court today, and that this hassle is over with soon.
Carol, your kayaking plan sounds good. I'm sure you'll burn off any extra calories.
I couldn't get onto the site yesterday, so I didn't post. But I ate on program, and did 45 minutes of cardio in the gym. Today is my first day back in the office. Between being out of synch and avoiding going into my kitchen, I didn't have time to work out this morning. It's 100 degrees here today, so I'll see how I feel once I get home. Today I had a chicken sausage, broccoli and kefir for breakfast, a piece of smoked tofu for AM snack, cabbage and shumai dumplings for lunch, and carrots and celery w/a bit of hummus for an afternoon snack. I think I will have a salad for dinner, if I can bear being in the kitchen long enough to make one!
Carol - I hope your summer cold has gone away. They'd probably have a hard time fingerprinting me too - especially my right hand where my fingers bend every which way! I guess I'd better stay out of trouble! Your camping trip sounds like fun.
Marie - Great website! What program did you use? I use Frontpage for the site I do for the group I belong to. It drives me nuts, but I'm afraid to switch to anything else. Sorry to hear that you and Blizzie both have sore toes, I hope you both feel better soon. Those greedy pups - talk about binge-eating! They'd probably do it again if they got a chance.
Judy - I hope you soon get rid of your little "visitors" . Your food choices for breakfast are interesting - I can't imagine eating broccoli for breakfast. Healthy choice though.
Nikki - I hope all is well with you.
We went for our trip to the beach yesterday and it was very enjoyable with lots of good laughs and we had a walk on the beach, even though it only got up to 55 deg. and was drizzling. I just love the sea air. We had a nice potluck lunch and I was fairly good, except for caving in and having a small slice of cheesecake. We got the preliminary design for our yard today and now I'm getting more excited about doing it now that I can visualize it better. I just found one of my flower beds has been almost destroyed by the darned moles! Arggh - they are the only animals I HATE! I'll have to convince my DH to get the traps out - not his favorite job!
Penny, I know it sounds weird to eat veggies for b'fast, but I do love spinach omelets, for example, so it makes sense to me. This morning I had brussels sprouts with my sausage and kefir, which I realize may be over the top for most people . I had tofu and almonds for AM snack, and at a fancy lunch meeting had yummy salmon over a bed of corn. Afternoon snack was sliced ham with carrots and celery sticks, so I'm getting a variety of veggies all day. Hmm, moles sound like destructive little buggers. Sorry to hear about your flowers!
Again I slept too late for a morning workout. So I brought my Curves bag for after work. By next week I should be acclimated to "rise and shine" before 7 a.m. The weatherman promises some relief from the heat by the weekend, which will help. Everyone is walking outside as little as possible, and being in air conditioning all day makes me sluggish.
Thought I would pop my head in. I'm not realy watching my eating right now. I am fighting asthma/ bronchitis and complete exhaustion. I'll pop in hopefully next week after I recoup a bit.
Judy - It sounds like you're having a heat wave. Hope you can keep cool. You're making great food choices! You've inspired me to up my intake of veggies.
Nikki: So sorry to hear you're sick again - I hope you'll soon feel lots better
Marie & Carol - I hope you're having a good day.
I was a bit glum today when my DH said he needs to lose 10-20 lbs. I asked how much he weighs and he told me 187! Thats 2 lbs. less than I weigh and he's 5'11"! He's being very strict with what he's eating so maybe that will rub off on me a bit. It's a bit disheartening though to know that I weigh more than he does. He has no idea what I weigh - I've always kept it a "State Secret"! . I read something interesting today. Whenever you feel like snacking say HALT. It stands for "are you Hungry, Angry, Lonely or Tired?"
I've found that it's nearly always that I'm "Tired" . I'm going to concentrate on getting more (and better quality) sleep.
Oh girls life is sure crazy sometimes. Yesterday my current director called me in and offered me a pkg. that was equal to the company I have been offered a job at and I would still have my 5 weeks vacation next Sept. Oh BOY now this is a tougher thing to decide should I go or stay? She also spoke of the office issues and said they will work with me on them. They don't want to lose me and have shown this by taking this step. It is a real nice offer I must say and I need to decide ASAP due to the other job offer. It wouldn't be fair to hold them up any longer so by the end of today I hope to of figured out what I should do. At least I know my current caseload and am happy with that, most of my coworkers are nice should I really let someone run me out because of their actions? Then there is the 90 days with no benefits, cobra ins. thats going to not fit all so nicely in my budget? If I stay I need to buck up and not let the office stuff get to me so easily. Maybe on those days just get out of the office? Which I can do. The new office was nicely located and did drop off about 5 hrs a wk off my hrs. But I have to admit losing the vac. is big and my trip to HA will wipe me out for the year with nothing left over. Wow I didn't think a non for profit would do this its a surprise to me. Well at any rate lots of thinking going on does that burn cals. The scale doesn't show it. I did have a half of order of chinese yesterday shared it with the SIL.
Marie hope you feel better soon it lots of yogurt to fight off any yeast infection growth.
Judy are those dumplings fish ones? Never heard of them before. Good exercising for you congrats. Mine was running around the whole house like a mad woman with my vac. cleaning and doing laundry I had a sweat I tell yah.
Penny I was lucky that cold left quickly thank goodness no time for that this week. Its crazy enough just using my brain to think about life changes and what should I do is the grass really greener or should I work on making changes and enjoy the clients I currently have. With the extra vac. I could shorten my own work weeks????? Oh this is charming but not fun and not what I expected thats for sure. Yesterday morning I had a plan and it wasn't a bad one but would have changes and some wouldn't be so easy either. Cobra ins. is around 800.00 a month defeats my inc. in pay for the first year.
I wish someone could just say this is what you should do and I would be sure it was the best choice. Well girls I am off to put my face on and go try to figure this thing out. I want to meet with the director again today and ask some more questions about how things in the future will be handled if I stay. If I get the right feeling and answers and feel she is being honest the 5 wks vac. and equal benefits might make me stay.
Carol - Boy you have a tough choice to make! It sounds like you are leaning towards your current job, IF they can do something about the work atmosphere. If the problem didn't exist, would you still be looking for a new job? Your employer would need to give you a definite answer as to exactly how they are going to handle the problem with your co-worker. The best is to go with your "gut" feeling on this. Maybe writing the pros and cons down on paper would help you make your decision. Wishing you good luck
Oh Penny you are right on the mark and that was what I addressed. The funds weren't as important as addressing some of my other concerns which meant alot more to me. I reached deep and had it all ready. Asked for a meeting with the director and we talked til I felt the comfort level that she would do her best and I would in the future write up my concerns so HR could address them as needed to make changes that were needed. We also are going to have some overall office changes so that future retention might be better and less searching for new jobs unless there a higher position etc. Which that wasn't my real reason to leave the company. My feelings are that I made the right decision. When I called the girl whom hired me to give her the news she was delighted for me which surprised me. Then asked me to hold on while she went to talk in a private area. She said I am so glad you changed your mind I am leaving as of friday and wouldn't of been your boss as you though when I hired you. A job opportunity came my way to write grants etc. this company can be very hard in many ways to work for. I then knew for sure that I had made the right move. I know it won't be perfect but my director said anytime you feel I am not doing enough to straighten things out you go above me and thats okay. She was very pleased that I am staying along with most of my coworkers they had collected funds and planned a lunchoen. Even the gal whom I have had the issues with came up to me without anyone around and said she was pleased I was staying and that my people need me and all love me. I just said thank you for saying that and smiled. No trust there and not now or ever. But it was a nice gesture. In the future I hope to help the dept. mtg. work on making it a better place to work and together with open talks etc. I think this can happen. She proved it yesterday when we looked at some office equipment that would help with privacy for everyone etc. Some things they were unaware of being an issue and now they know I had nothing to lose only to gain so I was in a good position to ask for changes to happen. So girls I hope to have a better work environment and more respect too. As I told them its hard to put up with this on a daily basis its not my caseload work or deadlines its the junk that shouldn't even be an issue to begin with. My families that I had already told were very happy to say the least. Having the lovely things they said to me made it all better. What a stressful two weeks or so but no its over and I am looking forward. So as you all said sometimes the grass isn't always greener on the other side but I will keep that part under wraps at work. Good things came out of this crazy adventure of stress. NOW I am all packed up and off to camp the hubby and my friends husband will go up and setup camp after work us girls will come up and it will all be done we will eat, relax, kayak and have a super weekend stress free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! Thanks for all of your support. I am taking some healthy foods and Bear too this time to camp. Oh stories to follow its his first trip. Next friday I will take a vacation day cause now I can and I am going to one of my favorite shops which is going out of business. Sad but I can at least start my christmas shopping. Also get ready for our garage sale I need to clean out a clean sweep. Yesterdays cals weren't bad but I did have pasta for dinner and it was later at night. I also enjoyed a maple walnut ice cream with a couple of guys on my caseload. It was the evening I had set up to tell them I was going instead we laughed and shared some time together. Have a great weekend and I will be relaxing on the water ways!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stress can make us crazy, gain wt. and darn right miserable too! I feel light a heavy truck has been lifted off of me. The extra benefit was as my friend said a token for all I have been through and I am keeping that.
Wow, Carol, what a roller coaster this has been for you! There's always the risk of jumping out of the frying pan into the fire when you switch employers. But it seems like it's all worked out in the end, and maybe all of your current coworkers will benefit from the changes you were promised. And congratulations on the financial package After all this, you and Bear will have a fun time out in the woods. He should have lots of opportunities for mischief .
Penny, I laughed when I read about your highly classified state secret! You don't mind sharing your weight on this website, but God forbid that the hubby should know! Women are funny, aren't we? Don't be too annoyed if he loses weight faster than you do. That drove me crazy about my ex, although I knew that hormones and muscles were a big difference.
Nikki, what are we going to do with you? I wish I could wave a magic wand and give you a week at the beach, just to lay back and destress. I hope you're feeling better soon.
Marie, I hope that all the toes in your household are healing up, and you can get back to your normal activity level.
I was on program yesterday. So far today I've had sliced ham and cabbage for b'fast , smoked tofu for AM snack, and salad with chicken for lunch. Once again I didn't work out this morning. I plan to use the fitness center after work today. I'm sure that my sleep schedule will have adjusted by Monday. I'm not going to worry about it too much. I feel blissfully lighter, so the pumping up the veggies (and the strict lack of refined sugar) is working. I hope that a weight-loss whoosh happens soon--nothing's more motivating than that!
So Judy you are far from alone. Enjoy your last day off.
Your camping trip sounds like fun.
. Your food choices for breakfast are interesting - I can't imagine eating broccoli for breakfast. Healthy choice though.
. I had tofu and almonds for AM snack, and at a fancy lunch meeting had yummy salmon over a bed of corn. Afternoon snack was sliced ham with carrots and celery sticks, so I'm getting a variety of veggies all day. Hmm, moles sound like destructive little buggers. Sorry to hear about your flowers!
You've inspired me to up my intake of veggies.
. I'm going to concentrate on getting more (and better quality) sleep.
After all this, you and Bear will have a fun time out in the woods. He should have lots of opportunities for mischief 
.
, smoked tofu for AM snack, and salad with chicken for lunch. Once again I didn't work out this morning. I plan to use the fitness center after work today. I'm sure that my sleep schedule will have adjusted by Monday. I'm not going to worry about it too much. I feel blissfully lighter, so the pumping up the veggies (and the strict lack of refined sugar) is working. I hope that a weight-loss whoosh happens soon--nothing's more motivating than that!