I've no idea where yesterday went! Two friends dropped in around ten and we sat and talked until noon. I did enough in the kitchen to heat it up - dehydrator and crockpot both at the same time so it was pretty warm by suppertime. Strange to have to turn on the AC in September when I'm usually turning on the heat!

I hope that Hannah brat is really tired by the time she wanders through the Maritimes. And after that we get her brother Ike! I don't think we've had a hurricane here in Eastern Ontario since back in the 50s and I can't even remember her name. They were all named after women then, the dark ages before we became PC and that's no the Party!

That was HAZEL . . . and she was a nasty little wench.

Down here in NS . . . we got to entertain JUAN a few years ago.

Hope IKE decides to leave us alone and isn't too nasty to you either. Then, we can start to wonder what JOSEPHINE is planning.

:yikes:

Friday Musings...
 

As most of you know I have been off work due to Major Depressive Disorder and now I have my Fall therapy plan including a return to work slated to begin in December 08 /January 09. I am afraid it will not work out.

I have a range of emotions I am feeling right now and I weighed myself yesterday and I am UP 3lbs over the month to a solid 280. I like to blame the medications I am on or the fatigue that I feel but bottom line is that while I eat all the right foods, lots of whole grains, not much fried food, no fast food, little junk foods, what I do eat I eat too much off and I don't exercise enough.

That will change on Monday when I go to the pool to buy my water-fit pass. As I am on a fixed income, I get a year's pass for $35 or so and I have water fit 3 X's a week m/w/f plus the option of evenings as well.

I broke my leg last December while out walking our two dogs on the rail trail and I still have pain in the leg despite it being healed according to xrays. I expect I damaged tendons and ligaments as well and they are taking their own sweet time to recover. The extra weight can not be good for them to heal.

Sorry for the vent, I could use some support and suggestions if any of you have anything similar you would like to share.

Thanks

CDNWEBGURL1:?:

Losing weight without exercising is hard, but not impossible. Most of our weight loss comes from the foods that we eat. I have two (actually three now) calorie levels that I eat at. Some people do well with that, others don't. However, if I have a day when I cannot exercise I eat at the 'no workout' level. On the days I do either cardio or weightlifting I eat at the levels I've picked for them. I've had weeks where I've had to cut the exercise levels down for various reasons, but I've managed to stop it from affecting my overall loss.

So, although the water fit will be good, getting the food intake into line will help more in the end. I'm not sure how often you're weighing yourself but do remember that there are all sorts of things that can affect weight in the short term (salt, water hydration level, period, time of day, etc.) Don't be disappointed with one upward spike. Like myself, you're in it for the long term, so think ahead to the things you can change.

Hi Ann:

Thanks for the note, I appreciate having someone to share with, onward and upward with this lifestyle change :).

How about this weather eh? Rain, for once we actually do need it just not so much of it.

So how is school going?

Cheers,

cdnwebgurl1 :)

Ruth - I was curious so I looked - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Hazel

cdnwebgurl - School starts tomorrow (I skipped out on orientation week as I don't think much has changed at Mohawk over the last couple of decades). Well, okay, things have changed, but still. I should probably have gone to the welcome session on Thursday, but with gas the price it is I really didn't want to drive to Hamilton for an hour talk. I'd already taken care of the other things that I needed (ID card, books, locker, etc.) so I should be okay. :)

Everyone else :wave:

Good Monday Morning and it looks like a good one here in Eastern Ontario. I hope so as I may have to drive to Ottawa with my sick dog.

Cdnwebgurl, :welcome: to Crazy Canuks. Losing weight is difficult for some of us but we have to just get determined. This summer has not been good for me but I'm doing the thumb in the bum routine now that fall is approaching.

RealCdn, thanks for the link to Hazel. I had forgotten some of that. (I was 15 at the time and you weren't even born!) Mohawk College? Are you taking or teaching a course. I taught at Algonquin for a bit.

Spoke with Meowee yesterday and she is still computer-less. She's also in major withdrawal and anxious to get back online. I told her to just go and quilt! When she visited me in May, I found out she's as addicted as I am!

Have a glorious Monday - signs of fall are marching south but no geese yet.

Thank-you
 

Hi Ruth et al:

I have been battling a raging cold for the past couple of days and have had to cancel participation in a meeting and a dentist appointment so far. I am drinking anything non-fattening and liquid to try and beat this bug and dosing up on the cold-fx.

I got dressed this morning and my husband dropped myself and the dog off on his way to work and we walked home. We walk the dog like this as she loves her walks but because of arthritis can't make a big walk both ways. It was not that big but it was nice to be out and about.

Now I am home, showered and ready to go back to bed ZZZZZ:yawn:
But the dog is happy and content in her backyard.

Thanks for the :welcome:, it means a lot to me. Take great care all! I may post later today depending on how I feel. Hope your first day back at school goes well Ann :bravo: and that the rest of those reading this post have a spectacular day. Use it wisely, it is a gift, that is why they call it the present..

Here's to us :dust:

Cheers,

cdnwebgurl1

I'm back . . . finally . . . it has been a nasty week (almost) without my 3FC 'fix' but I did get a lot of other stuff done. :lol: It's going to take me quite a while to get all caught up around here especially since I'm on an almost new learning curve with this computer (have to become familiar with XP again) and with the new laptop (Vista on it). My computer wizard thinks that I might have taken a little electrical hit because my keyboard and mouse seem to have gotten fried too (new ones on order -- using loaners at the moment). So much for surge-protectors. :shrug:

I remember Hazel very, very -- terrifyingly -- well. I'm a tiny bit younger than Ruth. I was 11 and ended up home alone during the worst of it because my parents both worked in downtown Toronto and couldn't get home to the suburbs that night. No heat, no light . . . I was sure the world was ending . . . but, it didn't.

Have a good evening everybody . . . :wave:

Hi ladies! I just got back from a trip to New York. It was very exciting and unfortunately, fattening! Anyway, I'm back and looking forward to moving forward! Have a great day everyone!!! :)

Good Morning Crazies . . . :wave:

Fall is definitely in the air this morning. Almost 10 am and we are still in the single digits although the sun is shining brightly. Actually I love this time of year.

This is the day for my weekly mall-crawl so nothing else is exciting today. Hope you are all having a great Thursday . . . :carrot:

Another beautiful morning in northern NS . . . hope things are glorious in your neck of the woods too.

After I got home yesterday and started playing around with the computers again I decided I'd have to 'go to town' again today to find a book -- something along the lines of "An Idiot's Guide to Vista for Dummies" might be appropriate. :yes:

Other than that -- SSDD -- see you later :wave:

:wave:

:wave:

Hi there . . . glad to see somebody is still alive out there. :yes:

Nothing exciting around here today -- muggy and overcast -- good day to get some chores done, I guess.