Hello all... I'm hanging in by a dainty finger or two, to quote wsw, but only one more class and I am FREE of that burden for good! Tomorrow night and out!
I took a boxing class tonight! It was offered free to the group at work that runs our 'Biggest Loser' (knock-off) program. Intense... very intense. We gloved up and had at it with full size, uh, what do you call them? Punching bags? Whatever... it was extremely sweatifying! The instructors were kind of obnoxious though, so I quickly opted out of the sales pitch at the end of the session. Great workout, though I did miss my favorite step class to do so. Am definitely getting into a groove with the exercise. I have been trying to form a lunchtime habit of getting outside, just to get a 15 minute stretch of the legs/air out the brain walk in! I've been out there for the past 4 (work) days, cold and wind be damned! 17 more days to make it a habit!
Despite the successes with exercise...I will not discuss my WI today. Or, maybe I will. Or, maybe I'll wait and see what's on tomorrow's scale... see if I like that better. That is what I'll do. grumble grumble
It's late, I'm here longer than I wanted to be... I already know I'm going to be in a bit of pain tomorrow, so I'd better hit the rack.
I should be back on Thursday, when I will be free once again... and I'll tell you all about the 26 mile breast cancer walk I've committed to do!
Take care, pretty s!
Last edited by katrinabgood; 02-25-2009 at 12:26 AM.
hi kat! glad you are hanging on by dainty finger with only one more class to go. you'll make it! those dainty fingernails can be pretty darn strong at times, can't they?! congrats on exercise groove, and especially in cold weather!!
--and hello to the lovely janga, anagram, ceara, kaylets, wildfire, andria, and arabella!
down a lb (212 now.) saw a piece on the news this evening regarding a study of diets, and was sort of hoping there would be something about a magic diet. lol! so, i guess in the meantime, i will have to stick to dainty portions and exercise. last night, i was about ready to chuck my food plan after dinner because i was so cold and thought---hey, i must need more fuel (despite the fact that i had eaten enough), and that fuel probably should be in the form of cookies. instead, though, i did finish my exercise and then got in to bed with lots of blankets, and read until i finally fell asleep. glad i didn't give in, but can't tell you how close i came. the cookie part would have been fine, of course, if i just wanted one, but i wanted more like a dozen. anyhoo-it was a good reminder to me how easily i can justify something which wouldn't be good for me. also a reminder it's a process, and one which is often times a lot harder than others. well, dear queens, thinking of you.
Sorry - must have been wandering in la-la land or something. Anyway, I am amazed at your current progress, wsw. Congratulations - and I must remember to learn "dainty" portions.
I had committed to a grand restart as of Ash Wednesday with a whole plan, etc. Then later in the day visited an old acquaintance in a "rehab" - Well, if I lacked motivation - that did it. She is in such horrible shape and at least a goodly part of it attributed to her weight - lots of other issues as well that will keep her from ever getting a handle on it all - but I thought "I can't ever let that happen to me".
Then heard another old acquaintance was in same facility so dropped by there as well. She's a year younger, had just had some back surgery but was up and about and, all things considered, looked great and well. Of course, it helped that an "old" high school love recently came back into her life and was there taking care of her. Love these real life romances and hopefully happy endings. So motivation, motivation. I don't want to be unable to walk, with swollen legs with wounds that won't heal, etc. Sorry if that's not pleasant thinking but it IS motivating.
The last two weeks have contained several upsetting deaths, funerals, viewings and now the nursing home visit. Only sounds and signs of spring have helped. And I'm heading to Princessville tomorrow which always brings me back to "good" things. Though it often disrupts my eating, exercise patterns. But hugs are good medicine too..............Poor friend mentioned above gets precious few of those either and I think a few more along the way might have helped.
So - motto for the day - hug a few people............(might shock some to pieces ...........
lies, I have been so off and on with this weight loss effort. I think the trouble may be partially having sugar and occasional wheat in the intake. None today and I'm feeling a lot more positive, esp. with an almost springlike day out there. I've got front and back doors open a crack and the fresh air is marvelous!
I have been awfully doldrumsy of late. Got WAY off track with that "taking care of myself" plan and let it all slide to the wayside. Climbing back up and renewing my pledge. Yes, today!
WSW, And I will not begrudge you a hard-earned ounce of it. However, let me tell you: today I weighed in a pound heavier than you. You know, I knew this was going to happen, what with you making steady progress and me ... not. But I WILL!
Janga, I used to do Lotte Berk. Can't remember anything about it except that I liked it. But I must look it up and get reaquainted.
Kat, I'm loving seeing all that energy around your workouts. Huzzah! And a big yay for finishing your classes, and another for taking those forays out of comfort zone (boxing? wow!).
Anagram, it's been that kind of year here so far. Disturbing deaths and illness close to home. Mortality is such a hard concept to come to terms with.
I know what you mean about not wanting to ever have those physical problems. I have those thoughts about my mom and I know full well that my eating habits are not helping me much more than hers help her. And a lot of it is just not facing reality. Making a big effort to do so...
K, Lovelies, work day's winding down and I should have a bite to eat if I'm going to go to tai chi tonight.
This is a kind of fly-bye as I am falling asleep for some reason.
Wsw, the study concluded that the most effective weight loss "diet" is basically to eat less. No magic pill.
Arabella, congrats on the pound down. That's great. I honestly can't remember if I posted this here but I did find my old Callanetics book on Tuesday and have decided to work some of that kind of stuff into my week instead of one weight workout. Good stuff. I never did Lotte Berk per se but consider it very close to Callanetics. I am going to research it also.
Anagram, I have also been motivated in some cases by seeing the situation of another who has for whatever reason health or other major problems caused by weight or being out of shape and I've vowed never do I want that to happen to me. Not postive thinking, no, but a reasonable way to use our sadness at the situation the other person is in and whom we can't do much to help.
Arabella, I am also working hard on all fronts to face reality.
All in all, I don't like reality much, but there it is.
Kat, congrats on thy impending state of being done with the classes.
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Hmmm, I really need to go to bed, was up so early to jog and walk for two hours and then went to Black Lagoon to work, problem solve and mostly get frustrated, managed not to stress eat.
I feel like a kid anymore, what with the weekends off and all. For soooo many years, I had to work every other weekend, so the scramble to 'do stuff' always had to be squeezed into "my" weekend, compounded by whether or not dh was off, blah, blah, blah. He still has crazy weekend hours, but the weekends are now MINE, ALL MINE, mwahaha! Not that I'm doing all that much stuff, other than catching up on housework, food shopping, laundry, etc... BUT I don't have to wake up at 6, get dressed up, and put on make up to do so!
I'm down another pound... s l o w l y coming off, but I daresay it's a comin' off! The pants I'm wearing today feel a bit strange because they aren't cutting me at the waist like they did before.
I think I may have finally come to the realization that this is not temporary, not a diet, not something to do just until I like what the scale says... this is how I need to live my life from now on. I'm trying not to take having a 'bad day' as a sign of failure. It is what it is. This is a daily process. I have such a long way to go, I have to just take each day as it comes and string together more good ones than bad ones.
Janga... I'm so impressed with your "two hour walk." I need to seriously start training for my walk... any pointers?
Arabella... so nice to hear about a breath of Spring! We've had a few of those too, and now I'm hearing about a WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for tomorrow. *sigh* Here's hoping your doldrums have passed...
anagram... I'm so sorry to hear about all the upsetting events of the past few weeks for you! There is nothing like thoughts of Spring and Princesses to put a smile back on and give one hope!
wsw... By George, I think you've got it! "stick to dainty portions and exercise" Mystery unraveled! Now get out there and market that, and you're a millionaire! Problem is though, how to stick to that plan... Congrats on sending another fluffy on it's way!
Hail to the rest of our ly group... hope to see you all back in the palace soon!
I need to get back to my Saturday list of things to do. Was hoping to squeeze a manicure onto said list, but then I won't be able to scrub the tub! hmmmm...
Last edited by katrinabgood; 02-28-2009 at 03:28 PM.
Hey.... me again. Just checking in, traffic is rather light these days, huh? Just wanted to report that I have exercised 6 out of the past 7 days, yesterday's workout was strictly of the housework variety, so no slacking there, really. Food choices keep getting better each day. I'm striving for preservative-free, fresh-only choices... I'd say I'm compliant about 90% of the time... I have been filling in some gaps with WW treats: the little 1 point bars and 2 point bags of pretzels or chips. Amazingly, a little goes a long way, and gives me enough leeway to not stray too far into dangerous territory.
I did some yoga this morning and a "Bodies in Motion" routine, TiVo'd from FitTV. I plan on spending the rest of the day reading the paper. A Restful Sunday.
Here's hoping that my fellow s have a lovely, restful day as well!
Huzzah Kat, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE POUND DOWN!!!! That's great.
I finally had a happy loss today also and am my way down, which is extremely odd considering it's been one of the worst weeks in my life for various reasons, not major ones, exactly, but a lot of problems, angst 'n sturm 'n drang! However, I am pleased that I did not stress eat much and Diet Bunny Am 'n Diet Inner Bunny Child Maisie lost two pounds, which had previously been regained, of course, but t'is all good.
Kat, I did two hours today also, or rather 100 mins walking and 20 straight jogging. I don't really have any pointers, I often go that long as I like doing it. This year I am doing my countdown and am at, if memory serves (can't see my log from here) I'm at 4960 minutes of exercise so far for 2009, all done in the morning (I'm not logging lifestyle activity, just formal workouts, including any extra ones in the afternoon but I'm finding I'm more complaint if I don't skip any mornings). I am doing this streak just for fun and health and "workout" includes days of "active rest" when I just do a short session or something different and light.
T'is March 1, woo hoo, wonderin' how all the palace denizens are. T'is spring, almost, definitely well past spring where I live, with all the beautiful yellow poppies in bloom on the desert.
kat-congrats on the pound down! Woo-hoo! glad you now have your weekends -enyjoy.
janga-huzzah on 2 lbs. down! --and for not stress eating during a rough week/time. your exercising always inspires me.
anagram-hope you enjoyed your visit to princessville!
hi arabella-hope you are feeling less doldrumsy. your recent spring-like day sounded loverly.
very cold and wintery here, and will be for next couple of days, at least. have been stuck inside for the past 2 days due to weather. so far, no cabin fever, but not looking forward to next couple of days. ah well! since no control over the weather, will at least try to be productive. got some de-cluttering done today, which felt good. tomorrow will be a big push towards getting through some paperwork. also saw some rental movies which were good, including "changeling." hanging in with food plan and exercising. well, thinking of all our dear royals, mentioned or -un. take care.
Believe it or not, I am still getting caught up on things here at home. I have had to literally force myself again and again to remain focused, even if its getting laundry together.
I appreciate eveyone's kind words and supportive thoughts. My mom is doing well, everything considired and has begun the rounds of changing info at the bank, updating SSI, etc, etc. She is very, very involved with her church which is not too far from her home and has many active service projects.
We have a Noreaster here today so I called out of work. I am doing laundry, will wash some floors and vaccum, have thank you cards and etc to catch up on and think a pot of beef stew would be nice too.
Yes, I agree you never know where you will find motivation.... It's so true with me too.
Congrats WSW and Empress Janga for pounds down.
Kat, I am so impressed with your boxing. Good idea signing up for the marathon....a plan is good thing...step by step....there's so much common sense there....
Ok. I need to swap the washing machine loads.
Oh, and by the way, my employer is in the news again...........
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Here's the today's Thought:
Thought of the day:
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
Accept no ones definition of your life; define yourself.”
Harvey Firestein
kaylets-so nice to see you! not surprising it's hard to focus. it takes a long while, so be very sweet and gentle with yourself. glad your mom is doing ok.
like the thought of the day. qod-i try not to drive in bad weather anymore, unless i get stuck out in it without warning. used to be fine driving in bad weather, though. just don't do it now because if it is slippery out from lots of rain, snow, or ice, i have trouble walking, and try not to add any increased risks of falling. ( i do enough of that without inclement weather conditions. lol!)
--and speaking of bad weather, we did get a lot of snow, and ice. more snow for tonight probably too. definitely stuck inside today, but at least it is sunny now, and so pretty to look out at the snow, anyway.
210 today. have lost 25 lbs so far now since started at the end of november (a little over 3 months). in past few months, have been more consistent with food plan, exercising, and writing down my food daily. this past stretch is the best i had done in a long time, and i am very grateful for every little ounce shed, believe me. i'm finally back at a weight i haven't even seen in well over 5 years. have a long, long, long way still to go, of course, but at least now i have a good solid frame of reference that shows me i can indeed do this. all of you who have gotten to your goals always inspire me so much, and let me know too that it is possible if i keep moving forward, and don't let myself get stuck in past efforts which were not successful. ok, well, back to dreaded paperwork now. also, have a little more de-cluttering to attend to. well, queenlies, take care.
Almost zero here, winds are howlling, wind chill temp is one I'd rather not think about.....
But I am on cup 2 of coffee and am going to turn the car on so at least the steering wheel is warm.....
Someone sent me this last night... I thought it was so cute... hope you do too!
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Good Morning Tuesday 3/3
The Push
A man and his wife were awakened at 3:00 am
by a loud pounding on the door. The man gets up
and goes to the door where a drunken stranger,
standing in the pouring rain, is asking for a push.
'Not a chance,' says the husband, 'it is 3:00 in the morning!'
He slams the door and returns to bed.
'Who was that?' asked his wife.
'Just some drunk guy asking for a push,' he answers.
'Did you help him?' she asks.
'No, I did not, it is 3:00 in the morning and it is pouring rain out there!'
'Well, you have a short memory,' says his wife. 'Can't you
remember about three months ago when we broke down,
and those two guys helped us? I think you should help him,
and you should be ashamed of yourself!'
The man does as he is told, gets dressed, and goes out into the pounding rain.
He calls out into the dark, 'Hello, are you still there?'
'Yes,' comes back the answer.
'Do you still need a push?' calls out the husband.
'Yes, please!' comes the reply from the dark.
'Where are you?' asks the husband.
'Over here on the swing,' replied the drunk.
25 pounds in 3 months, wsw - you are a marvel! And Empress Janga - your commitment always boggles my mind. And now kat seems to have made a true lifestyle change! Do you feel the job and hours change were a help in all of that? i.e., giving you more regularity?
Yes, be gentle kaylets - it will take a while - a good while - and keep in touch w/Mom - 'tis fortunate she has so many good activities but it will still be so hard for her. (And clue from a Mom who's done it - we oft put on a better face for our kids so as not to add to their grief.)
I was only away for three days and am still digging out and trying to get back on track. Weather NOT helpful but we didn't get hit as hard as Kaylets, kat, wsw. Snow is about all melted but still so cold. I'm going to go out and do 2 or 3 small errands just to get out and about.
Wrestling with a mental mode change for myself - while it has nothing directly to do with diet - it does affect that and health. I'm realizing one of the biggest stresses in my life (other than the economy) is the amount of stress in DDs life. There is a lot of REAL stress there (a lot related to health) and she is not handling it well (read: my way) - ergo, adding to my stress. I AM sympathetic though, apparently, never sypathetic ENOUGH. Truthfully, DD is a TYPE A personality which can be good but also can be Bad. I am definitely not a TYPE A. I was able to tolerate her Dad's Type A characteristics and accept him as he was but her somewhat similar behaviors tend to wear me down. So I am reminding me that when we love someone, it means accepting them as they are (even when they're irritating). And remembering she has his same generosity and stalwart character, etc. And, Lord, if I could stand up to him I should be able to stand up to her and be myself too whether it suits her or not. Sometimes we have to keep repeating to ourselves things we learned long ago and have let drift away.
QOD - I'm with wsw on that - do as little as possible but not afraid to do it. It's more a falling thing once I'm out of the car that keeps me in (besides the comfort of home).
Or, maybe I will. Or, maybe I'll wait and see what's on tomorrow's scale... see if I like that better. 
That is what I'll do. 
grumble grumble 
s!
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Back in the saddle
And I will not begrudge you a hard-earned ounce of it. However, let me tell you: today I weighed in a pound heavier than you. You know, I knew this was going to happen, what with you making steady progress and me ... not. But I WILL! 
No magic pill.
Not that I'm doing all that much stuff, other than catching up on housework, food shopping, laundry, etc... BUT I don't have to wake up at 6, get dressed up, and put on make up to do so! 
Congrats on sending another fluffy on it's way!
