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Girls the week is flying by so quickly. Work loads been managable but crazy stuff to deal with. I think my handful of chips was stress related and before dinner so I was hungry too. Gotta plan better today I am going to take an apple to munch on for the drive home. I had a healthy breakfast of mothers oats, and an oatmeal english muffin so on target this a.m. a little pear for the 10:00 snack and salad with feta ch. for lunch with an apple. Gotta preplan!! Sunday I swam and did garden work for exercise other than stairs and walking in at work nothing since gotta kick my but and add that to my schedule. Today I am planning on going to the gym right after work.
Judy sounds like the boss needs to make some good choices at work. Good for you mediating before work... Marie over the mountain sounds like it was a positive thing for you and the coworker. The groomer a new one never again one told the hubby my doggie is aggressive. I guess he didn't like them doing his nails. My doggie?? Anyways have you seen that nail filing thing advertised for dogs nails? If so what do you think as your the queen of 3? Penny good luck with the surgery and sounds like you got the best guy for the job. Auntie G your a trooper!! Keep up all your efforts their paying off rub some on me girl.... Next week some friends and I are crossing the boarder to Canada only 2 hrs. away just a day trip. Some shopping and celebrating my 10 years at the same job...... I have reached my 5 weeks vacation hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My good friend started a couple of days after me and we share an office. So off we go to have some fun to celebrate good times, crazy times and hopefully a good future. Judy your right more parents are helping their kids something does have to change I agree. But when they don't normally ask for help and then do you know its not good. Hopefully they can get things going better but with pay cuts its so hard to adjust and with 3 kids with needs not just wants. Thank goodness we are able to help a bit cause if I couldn't somehow it would just eat me up. Gotta be greatful for somethings I guess. Taking the gd camping this saturday now there is some exercise we are going to hike a bit. I will pack some healthy foods as well for me. Gotta go put my stuff in the journal. |
Happy Hump Day! Yesterday I couldn't win over the PMS and had 3 WW fudgesicles. Not too bad in the long run, but I felt terrible last night. Still kind of bloated and irritable today:p. Ah, but today is a new day, so I'm hoping for better...
Marie, I definitely can relate to what you said about getting run over by the wagon when you fall off! That gave me a good laugh. Historically, same with me. We've just got to get up faster when we fall! ;) I'd say that ONE breadstick at Olive Garden is definitely a victory! Here's my image of your over the mountain trip... http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...ainclimber.jpg Carol, yikes! I'm glad no one was hurt when the tree fell! I am always afraid of that happening whenever it's windy. Your daughter is very lucky you are able to help out. Times are so tough now. I think I'm going with the same theory about less adults getting Christmas presents this year. (Gotta take care of the kids, though!) My sister's husband just had shoulder surgery yesterday, and will be out of work for a while, so they're going to need help. We manage to get by, but don't have much extra, since my hours have been reduced at work, but I'll do what I can. :dizzy: Judy, hope things are remaining calm for you at work. How long's it been since you quit smoking, and did you go cold turkey? That's what I intend to do, but not today! ;) Penny, oh yeah, gotta love the removable insert for the crockpot! Sooo much easier to wash! I usually just make sauces, soups, or stews, but now I want to try a chicken in there, too. Good luck with the sinus surgery! A friend of mine had that done, and while it was quite miserable, it was totally worth it! She's had such an improvement in her breathing and has considerably less sinus infections. Have a great day, all! |
The Downward Slide to Weekend
Hi everyone, I just had quite an evening. I signed up to bring my 3 doggies for portraits. Holy smokes, my wrists are killing me from trying to make three huskies behave. I told them upfront that I really didn't expect it to work and for the longest time, it didn't. They got one really decent shot of the 3 of them together so my Christmas cards are ordered. :) I'm also getting a 5x7 for my office and an 11 x 14 canvas portrait. Then they did individual shots and my gosh, I have gorgeous doggies. So I'm getting an 8 x 10 of each of them. I'll scan them and post them when I get the package in 3 weeks. Because there were leashes involved, they'll photoshop them out. The little print out I have are wonderful. They chose a blue background because of their blue eyes. Really wonderful but my hands hurt. I'm thinking I won't do that again for another 5 years. Wasn't cheap either, but I'm glad I did it.
I'm on track for about 1400 cals today - took longer at the photo shoot. :D So I don't want to eat a good portion of calories right before bed. I took the doggies for their 1.5 mile walk this am. So all is good on that front. Mr. Scale was evil, but I expected it after riding in a car as long as I did. Now, if I'd climbed the mountain as per auntie's image, I'd have lost weight. :D auntie, 3 WW fudgicles is pretty darn good for going off plan. I'd say you get a pat on the back. I had a WW cookies and cream bar at work today. Man, it's tasty!!! Carol, congrats on the 10 years with the company. 5 weeks vacation is awesome. I'm at 3 weeks (plus 5 extra days). I don't 5 weeks come until 25 years and I'm sure not staying there that long!!!! I'm planning on retiring long before that. Penny and Judy, I hope all is well. |
TGI(almost)F! This week has been really rough, hormonally. After the great fudgesicle incident, I haven't been off track, but have been salting like crazy. Today I did better than yesterday, and hopefully tomorrow I'll behave, but it's still up in the air.:dizzy: Work has been a drag, too. Tomorrow I have the honor of cleaning the place :devil: because there's going to be a big hoo-ha over the weekend. Grrrrrr...
Marie, oh, that's so awesome you got your doggies' portraits done! I've always wanted to do that, but somehow haven't gotten around to it. They usually set something up around the holidays at a local pet store, but I hesitate to take my girl around strange dogs since she's been attacked before. Can't wait to see your pix! |
TGIF for Real....
Yeah, it's Friday. Life has been majorly hectic lately. Between work and just my life, I'm tired. I'm so looking forward to weekend. It's Guard weekend again so I will have a lot of me time. Except tomorrow which is DS2's birthday. He and DH work opposite shifts on guard weekend, so I'm making DS2 his favorite dinner and b-day cake. Then he's taking it with him. I think that should work out for my diet. ;)
Beautiful Kai Bear is at the vet today to be spayed. I went back and forth on the decision to breed her but decided not to as I think she's small for a husky and that's not good for breeding. So as I type, she's at the vet and I feel so bad for her as she's just such a little mommy's girl. She howls and screams in strange places. Luckily they have drugs... They're going to call me as soon as she can leave so that she won't have to wait. I'll bring her to my office and put her on my couch. My little princess. Auntie, I'm sorry your work week has been icky. I bet the tiny binge and the salt kick is more work related than hormonal. Work can push me over easily. BTW, what is your job? I didn't exercise this am as keeping Kai from food and water takes 100% attention. She's majorly stomach driven. So maybe this evening if she's ok with that. If she needs constant companionship, I will have my first no exercise day in a long time. Food is on target calorie wise but Mr. Scale just doesn't want to budge. It will eventually. Either it will budge in giving me nicer numbers or it will budge out the window. :devil: Hope everyone else is doing all right. Marie |
Sorry about being AWOL! It's been an unusual week at work, to say the least, and I'm in the hub of every possible conversation and email loop. I haven't been eating too badly, considering how much I could use some deep dish pizza and a cold beer...I've been fighting sinus/allergy stuff for several days, including annoying soreness and popping in my ears. I didn't work out at all Wed and Thurs, but I did 50 minutes of cardio this morning, and felt better for it. I'll change my profile, I can take another couple of ill-gotten pounds off my weight. I'd celebrate, but I'm too annoyed that I regained them in the first place :mad:
Penny, I hope your sinus surgery does the trick. It sounds horrible, though. How long will you be recovering from that? I may be joining you in trekking back and forth to the doc's. My foot is acting up again, but the last time I went to the podiatrist, she casually mentioned something about a bone saw, so I won't want to go back. I think my little toe is twisting around or something. Auntie G, I quit smoking for good about five years ago. It was purely a nervous/bored/angry reflex for me, more than a deep craving. Once I got rid of my ex (a pack-a-day smoker), most of the nervous and angry stuff went away :D. Counting cigs helped me stop; soon I decided that I wasn't buying any more, and that was that. It also helped that I don't spend the time in bars that I used to, where it still seems like a natural thing to do. Plus working out felt so much better when I could inhale deeply! Marie, I hope Kai is doing well and has forgiven you for torturing her this way! Dogs probably look at their humans and wonder what the heck we're up to, and why we do these things to them.... Tomorrow I take my certified check to my new landlords and pick up the keys. Most of my boxes have arrived, so no excuse, gotta get started packing. judy |
:dancer::flow1::dancer: It's the weekend, hurray! Eating has been completely on track today, but I'm not holding out much hope for tomorrow's weigh-in. All right, I am HOPING, but not counting on anything.
Marie, how's that puppy doing? I hope she's home and happy. I remember when my girl got spayed all those years ago, she had to stay overnight, and they said she'd be slowed down for a few days afterwards, but they were wrong! As soon as she got back home, she was as wild as ever. We weren't exactly as bonded back then as we later became. When I had to drop her off for knee surgery when she was 8, it was horrible to leave her. I sat in the cage with her and cried my eyes out. I don't know how either of us got through that! Work wasn't as painful as I thought it would be today. I did have to clean, but things weren't as dirty as I expected, so that was a bonus! I'm not sure I can explain my job, really, but basically I work for a company that makes collectible dolls. I do pretty much everything from taking orders to shipping, and everything in between. We also have a gift shop that I tend to much of the time that I'm there. So, it's sort of a mixed up messy day most of the time. Some days are great, and some days make me want to run screaming- like any job, I imagine. Judy, mmmmmm, deep dish pizza sounds good. Wait, JUST SAY NO! (That was to myself! :o) I've been having a little touch of sinus pressure, too, and the ears, oh the ears... It's just that time of year, with the change of seasons. Hope you improve fast! I'm sure that quitting smoking would help all that for me, but I just can't attempt it quite yet. I hear ya on the smoking in bars thing, luckily I'm past that stage. And actually, they just passed a law here in PA banning smoking in public places, even bars if they serve food. I don't know how that's going to work out. Have fun packing for your move! I know it's a lot of work, but it really can be fun! It's a good excuse to declutter, and sometimes you find a treasure that you forgot all about. Have a good night all! |
Marie - I bet the photos of your pups are adorable. We had a family portrait done before our son went off to college, so I know how spendy it is. I'm so glad we got it done though. I hope Kai recovers quickly from her surgery - I'm sure you'll thoroughly pamper her. I hope your foot is feeling better.
Judy - I hope your move goes well and that you settle in quickly. I hope your foot problem clears up soon too. It's the last thing you need with your move. Bone saw doesn't sound good :yikes:. You asked about how long it takes to recover from my sinus/septum surgery - it's 3 days of bed rest then 7-10 days till I'm back to "normal" (whatever that is!) :dizzy: Auntie G - Congrats on staying on track today! :broc: Your job sounds interesting - surrounded by pretty dolls. I hope your weigh in goes well. Carol - Congrats on reaching your 5 weeks vacation and 10 year anniversary! :carrot: I hope you have fun with your friends in Canada. We're having some company from Denmark next week and I know they'll want to go shopping. Everyone who comes over from Europe goes crazy shopping as they say everything is so cheap here. I'm trying hard to stay on track but it's hard. Being sleepy all the time from lack of sleep due to my shoulder and sinuses makes me so hungry for carbs! The weather is already very "fall like" so I guess I'm already going into cavewoman mode stocking up for winter! At least I worked out today although I couldn't do some machines because of my arm. Have a great weekend everyone! |
Hi all, just a quick update. Kai is doing great. She's happy to be home and I was snuggling with her on the floor and I swear she was asking why with her eyes. I told her now she'd never have to have sex. :) She was napping for a while so I did a 50 minute workout. I'm tired now. I also took a 1/2 mile walk at work so I did plenty of exercise today. The walk and aerobics killed my heel, but not doing it is worse. So I'll limp for a while and pray my new orthotic arrives soon.
Judy, enjoy your new apartment. Fill the boxes and just get it over. Like a shot, just do it. I loved your ill gotten pounds comment. I'd be thrilled with the pounds I've lost but I'm still mad I re-gained them. So I just keeping thinking in the 14 to go, then when I lose I can really celebrate. Penny, I hope you start feeling better soon. You're certainly having a tough time medically lately. Be very proud of yourself for staying basically on track. Auntie, what a cool thing to do. My mom did the collectible dolls - porcelain ones I believe. She an artist with a sewing machine and so people started paying her to make their dolls clothes. Her outfits even won ribbons at her state fair. Once she made a wedding dress that was so intricate, I realized it was fancier than any of her daughters' dresses. :) Well, time to log the calories. Too busy at work to do it so I need to see where I am. Marie |
Hello everyone. Yeah its the weekend. Well cooking at my house will be a bit different for awhile. My SIL whom takes most meals with us has too much potassium in her system not good. The doctor told her that she has kidney disease so nice her regular doctor never told her just said due to her higher levels in blood work they were sending her to see him. Wow what a blow.... I will be speaking to her about it on my next visit we have the same doctor. At any rate no potatoe, tomatoe, bananas or oranges at this time new blood work thurs. Then another appt. for ultra sounds and another visit the 30th of next month. They think the damage came from some medications in the past. Be careful taking pain meds. one was an over the counter for any length of time.
I have been trying to get into the swing of better eating. Its coming along slow but sure. Today we are packing up and camping only about 15 min. away from home with the gkids. It should be fun nice sandy beach to cold to swim as our nights are low but will be around high 70's today. They can hike, play in the sand, have a campfire and make smores. I am bringing my computer for quiet time later they can watch a movie at bedtime when they turn in. Hopefully they will have a good time and some memories to look back on. My 9 year old gd is so excited to be playing the tuba I helped with the cost. She was up an hr. early yesterday got up on her own and all of a sudden the tuba sound was throughout the house!! Hah worth every cent I helped with. Marie your doggie pictures sound great. I think for christmas I am going to steal my daughters kids away for a day with nice outfits and have my photo daughter take their pictures as a gift for their parents for christmas with a nice frame from the kids. They haven't had a family photo done in a longtime. Work is good new director starts monday. Our boss handed out little award notices yesterday thanking each one of us for all our help training new folks etc. and new folks thanking for all their hard efforts to do a good job. We are hiring another worker expanding in our dept. I guess I must have a little job security now adays thats something. We will see when those medicaid cuts come in how crazy its all going to get. Penny I agree its cheaper here for stuff but they have some things we don't and its different. Only around 2 hrs. trip from my house to Canada. Auntie g oh at least they were ww. YOUR so good even when you mess up its not so bad good for you. Judy seems like everyone is have allergy or sinus issues. Have a good one. |
Well, today's weigh in got me a half pound down. With the way this week went, I'll take it! No cheat meal planned for today. We're just cooking up the last of some nasty frozen turkey burgers, so I think I'll throw in some extra sweet potato fries call that my splurge. I could use a better week this week anyway.
Penny, "cavewoman mode" cracked me up! That's a perfectly legitimate way of looking at it. And cool weather and carbs just go hand in hand. But maybe a big old pot of veggie soup could help. Hmmmm, I think I might have to get on that myself! It's funny to think that Europeans think it's cheap here. Either we are spoiled, or disillusioned, or something, cause it doesn't feel like anything's cheap to me! Happy shopping! Marie, glad your baby's on the road to recovery! I cracked up again at the thought of you telling her she never has to have sex! :rofl: Sounds like your mom is quite a seamstress, indeed! Our dolls are not porcelain, they're wood- many have a country look. Anyone ever heard of Lizzie High? We used to sell them all over the country, but in this downsizing age, now it's just from our store. I hope your orthotic is on it's way. I really should check into that, too, but I hear that it's not covered by insurance, and so it never makes it to the top of the list. Carol, sorry to hear about your SIL. That's really scary that that kind of damage can come from OTCs. What a perfect weather weekend for camping! I always loved it when it was cold enough at night to want to be by the fire. We haven't gone camping in 8 years, and I really miss it, but tonight a neighbor with a fire pit is going to have a fire, so that will be my "pretend" camping! And doing pix of the kids for Christmas is a fabulous idea! If my sister didn't always have it done herself, I would definitely snap that up. As it is, I have to fight to get copies of the pix she gets done. Too expensive for her to buy copies for everyone, but I never know when they're going, so that I could just go along and order whatever I want. I'll have to try harder this year! Have a great weekend everyone! |
Morning everyone!!! Mr. Evil Scale did budge and not out the window. I lost another pound since last week. Because it was evil yesterday, according to it, I lost 1.4 pounds yesterday. :dizzy: In the middle of the night I had a horrible right leg cramp. So not I'm limping because of my heel and my calf. But I persevered and did the 50 minute aerobics - I figured I was already in pain with the heel, what's a little more... My goal this week is to do it every day and see if it give a little push in the right direction for the scale. So I'm going to get up 15 minutes earlier so I can do it in the morning.
Carol, I'm sorry about your SIL's med problem. Just be very careful you don't cut potassium out of yours and your hubby's diet. Keep the foods in your diet. One Christmas about a decade ago, I suggested to my 2 sisters and brother to get a portrait taken and send me an 8 x 10. I then had the 4 (I had the portrait done as well) framed professionally and it was my parent's Christmas present from the four of us. Even though we were all married and had kids, I thought it would be cool for my parents to have their children's portrait as adults. It's still hung prominently in their house and they love it. So... what you're thinking of as a present will be received with great thanks. Auntie, nasty turkey burgers and that's your SPLURGE. Heavens you are nuts!!!!! Splurge is supposed to be tasty. :D Great job on the one pound loss!!!:carrot: Today is my DS2's b-day and he and I are making dinner. Since he moved out, he's been interested in cooking and having fun with it (the reason I bought him a kitchen aid stand mixer for his b-day). So DH asks if I'm going to teach him to make his favorite meal. So I texted him and asked if he wanted me to teach him to make it. He texted "That would be awesome". So we're having a cooking lesson today. He wanted my b-day cake for his b-day and I made the cake this am and will frost it this afternoon. I asked DH if he wanted a slice or should I send the whole thing home with DS2. Sheepishly he says, "One slice would be nice." So I'll save one slice and send the rest home as I LOVE that cake and it will not be in my house. With it around I'd still stay in my calorie range but that would necessitate deleting the healthy foods from the diet. Just doesn't seem wise. I guess it is time to shower and dress for the day... Marie |
OK, where are all my friends??? Just a quick note... Mr Scale is evil - no news there. I painted my guest bathroom yesterday and then worked on my quilt. It was a great weekend. I stayed in my 1500 cal range for DS2's b-day on Saturday except yesterday was harder (munchies) because of the b-day cake. But I made it through with a little less than 1500 cals. I'v done the 50 minute aerobic tape every day like promised.
And now I'm back at work... :( Marie |
Hmmmm, yeah, seems to be a high rate of MIA! I had to go to the dentist this morning, so I'm starving because I'm still numb and shouldn't really eat yet. The weekend was very relaxed and on track. Even though the dried up old turkey burger was the splurge meal, I did have an extra helping of sweet potato fries (which I love!), so it still felt like a tiny splurge. I need to have a good week, so I don't mind missing one week's big splurge.
Marie, sorry about Mr Scale! He'll come around... It's awesome that you could give your son a cooking lesson- that's good bonding time and a lasting gift! And I wouldn't worry about a slice of b-day cake either. That's part of real life. I always have cake for family member's b-days, and sometimes I don't even count it! I just try to draw the line at other cakes, like at work or casual gatherings, or NON-family b-days. Hope everyone's having a nice Monday! |
Okay, I'm back. I focused on moving-related chores on Saturday, inspected my new place, and went to a surprise party, where the birthday boy was positively slack-mouthed (or gobsmacked, as Penny might say) with shock. I did a bit of packing on Sunday, but not nearly enough. I stayed away from the Internet all weekend, knowing it would distract me. Sorry!
Carol, I agree with Marie that you shouldn't change what's working for you and your hubby, but that's easy for me to say, I'm not the one who would be cooking two sets of meals. But you're a creative cook, and you like experimenting with new recipes, so maybe you can make do until the potassium thing stabilizes. It would be hard for me to function without tomatoes. A crate of Paul Newman's spaghetti sauce would be one of my desert island foods. I'd love to see your GD with a tuba, that must be quite a sight! Penny, if your gifts like to shop so much, maybe they can buy some things for struggling Americans like me, in a gesture of global solidarity? I also accept gift cards :D. Good for you for keeping your goals in mind despite one physical thing after the other. It would be so easy for you to throw in the towel at this point, you're doing really great :flow1: Auntie G, I like turkey burgers...but not dried-up and old. Your job sounds very interesting. I hope you liked playing with dolls when you were a kid. I do the cavewoman thing in the fall, too. My body thinks we have to lard on an extra layer of fat for a brief hibernation period :lol:. I get around that now by cooking up big batches of healthy comfort food and keeping it in the freezer--soups, chili, etc.,--when the urge for 'harvest time' food strikes. I roasted some beets yesterday, yum, yum. I always hated beets because I only had them from a can, but these were quite a treat. Marie, teaching your son to cook sounds like fun. I always felt sorry for young guys who couldn't find their way around in a kitchen. They spent too much money on take-out and sports bars and gain weight. Thanks for the Just Do It advice re packing, I've been procrastinating :drill: Food has been okay, but I had a chocolate fit at the birthday party on Saturday, which carried over into the next day. Today I had chicken b'fast sausage and an apple; at a meeting I had a tall skim chai tea and some trail mix (too many carbs); a big salad w/hard-boiled egg and the aforementioned roasted beets for lunch; grapes; and a cup of chili for late afternoon snack. I worked out Saturday and Sunday but not this morning. Back to work--I'm absolutely swamped, help! judy |
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