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Ramblin' in mine witchie wits
Good morrown, Royal Ones! Popped back for a ramble and to read o' thy latest doin's!! I have been callin' myself Tess o' the Hinterlands a lot in recent times in my ongoing motivational technique of using fantasy in my weight loss and fitness journey. Tess has had some hard times recently and be a'wanderin' in the Hinterlands tryin' to get life together again and LOSE THIS EXTRA WEIGHT! :lol: For Halloween, Witchie Poo, a SCARY personal trainer hath been motivatin' Tess to workout harder and focus more on diet and exercise and be happier in her life. Some things that needed to be left behind have been left behind and it has been beneficial. Something Witchie Poo found recently in Tess' closet is her old weighted vest, just an aerobics vest of 10 pounds but started using it once a week for the last two weeks and am getting great benefit in strength and posture and calorie burn from it. I just love the thing. A secret (not really) is that I am enjoying Biggest Loser this season. I dislike that it is fostering ageism by making it a contest between youth and age but am finding this timely as SO pumped by the 100-year-old gent who finished the marathon in Toronto over the weekend. It was his 8th marathon, I believe, and he started running in his 80s. I am so inspired by this and growing younger (like Merlin) each time I think of it. Woot! Have a great day, all! |
Had a "high" cal day that I have been instituting these past weeks when my diet focus has been pretty tight. The high cal day is really moderate cal, a sort of leaf out of the old Body for Life program but not really a "cheat" day, just a looser cal day to keep from bonking out on the other six days of the "diet."
Hope all are well. |
Good mornin', Royals! Hope everyone has a great day. I am working tonight, intention is to keep cals low and have already had a long, glorious walk, putting the streakity streak ahead a bit:
THURSDAY, Oct. 20, Day 24 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 15 min jog, 165 min walk, jumping jacks (less than a min) 0 min, total streakity streak minutes so far 2030! (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) |
Needing fortification for a LONG night in meetings that are not going to be pleasant. Do intend to stay in the low to moderate calorie range and eating dinner now. Perfect meal for how I am feeling so will share that it is a half pouch of no oil tuna (chunk light, albacore has too much mercury), spinach leaves, and one Laughing Cow Light Wedge (all flavors of this are 35 calories per wedge) mixed with the tuna and spread on a Thomas Everything Bagel Thin, accompanied by Zico Lima Citron flavor coconut water (14 oz 60 calories, loaded with potassium, one of my favorte beverages is coconut water, various varieties).
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Ooh, I've missed so much. Naughty, naughty.
So good to see Empress (Tess) (Witchie Poo) checking in. I always think this is the Palace's time of year as we had such fun doing Halloween challenges earlier. Sending good vibes on the opportunity, Kaylets. And for the small steps - that's become the story of my life. Getting it together again is also my theme. However, this morning I found the whoosh fairy had stopped by. I had beebn 198.6 the day before and was 195.8 today. Now we know that won't last but my theory is always that if I see it once, I might see it again ;() My previous low was 197 something. And this is so close to 195 which I have not seen in about 22 years. Okay, that's the good news. The bad is a call from friend of 49 years (I've mentioned her occasionally) who told me she has an inoperable tumor and has decided to enjoy whatever time she has left (she's feeling really well still) and not to try the other options (which the doctors aren't sure would help and which would just make her feel worse). I like to think I'd be courageous enough to do the same in the circumstances. Note: she has finally lost weight (she'd been working on it as long as I) some was because she was working on it but the last because of all the tests, reactions, etc. Well, it is Friday, it looks pretty good outside and I'm off to the grocery store. Can't be low on yogurt and fruit. Yay, 195.8, yay. |
So sorry to hear about thy friend, Anagram. That is brave of her to have made the decision she has made.
*** Also, a woot on that drop of weight and a huge congratulations. Please send that fairie in a southwesterly direction if she wishes to have an all-expense-paid weekend in Arizona. The weather is quite nice and Empress Tess (me lol) is hoping some verra nice scale angels will be around on Sunday also, along with Personal Trainer Witchie Poo!!! IT IS ALMOST HALLOWEEN! I can't wait. I have to work a meeting that day but s'ok! *** I did some weights this morning and a verra short walk for my streakity streak. I won't post it every day. I am quite tired today and taking the day off JUST to work on this diet and fitness initiative. It is quite important to moi as I need some pounds off just to get my knees feeling better and just not to let that Regain Demon (man, we hate that guy) get me. I am so hoping for two pounds off by Halloween but it is slow coming these days. Did well yesterday on food and calories and also exercise was high, might make it! Woot! |
Here we go again
Happy Saturday, :queen:ies!
I've been working to get the Thanksgiving week weight off again. Was 219.2 Monday before last and then 223 last Monday. I've been doldrumsy and vaguely ill but feeling more optimistic again. With these detours from the path, goals are looking decidedly unlikely. As we know, the weight is much slower to shift than once it was, when I could suddenly get serious and lose 30 pounds in a month. Wouldn't that be sweet. But I suppose that history may be part of what's making this sooooo sloooooow now. Nevertheless, on we go and we will get there. Amarantha, so happy to see you're feeling Palace-y! Isn't it a wonderful feeling to be at the start of a series of delightful novels? :) Anagram, wow! Next thing you know, you'll be dipping below 195. So sad about your friend! I hope that she continues to feel pretty well and that things go as well as these things can. My MIL had inoperable cancer and her last days were everything that one could wish -- lots of time with family and friends, she was able to get out and enjoy life almost to the end. The last few days were the only part that was bad enough that she said she was ready to go. And then she did. In many ways, she was a model for me in her retirement, too. She often said that her retirement was the best time of her life. And she had 30 years of it! Kaylets, let us know about that opportunity! K, Queenies -- I'm going to finish this :coffee2:, get a pot of soup on and go for a walk around the harbour in this glorious :sunny: Let's make this a good one! |
Woot, Wood Nymph, wishin' I could join thee on a walk 'round a harbor.
It is lovely here, too. I am out 'n about doin' chores. Also wonderin' 'bout Kaylets' news and everyone's. I have mentally shifted to the next holiday in my "Holiday March" weight loss initiative, with tomorrow being my Halloween weigh-in, will be working on Halloween. I am, as I have hinted, nearing the end of another job, have been working as an independent contractor since a sort of career shift. Refusin' to call it "retirement" but for awhile wanderin' in the Hinterland, still have work, just verra little, however, a saying I have developed is that I am "Still the Witch, Not the Hag" :laugh: ... have been using time to organize, leave some emotional baggage behind and NOW I hope, the pounds I have regained. Can't use my ticker on 3FC as it is not the approved ones but if that ticker doesn't move tomorrow in the right direction, I will stomp on the scale and bury it in the backyard at midnight. My next holiday is Nov. 24, Thanksgiving (U.S.) and I do believe it will be a more peaceable holiday for moi and the focus will be on food (the focus is always on food with moi). I have invited a whole bevy of Scale Angels to my weigh-in ceremony tomorrow. Mean lying Scale Demons are NOT invited. I have hired private anti-scale-demon militia to guard the Golden Scale of Dietary Justice until the weigh in. Any demons seen in the area will be placed in private custody and sent to computer repair school to learn a trade, since Scale Demons are quite good at tinkering around with digital equipments (they sneak in when we are not looking and tinker with the mechanism so the scale lies to us and makes us sad, that is what Scale Demons like to do best). Hmmm, okay off to mail insurance premiums! I am taking a Scale Angel with moi who will stop me if I try to eat a Wally Triangle Donut (my favorite donut, available in Wally World). See ye, Queens! Arabella, the Song of Fire and Ice Saga really is very good. It gets better and better as it goes on, yea, t'is great to look forward to all those palace-y books. |
Hello my friends,
Opportunity did not present as originally imagined but on the other hand, making what we imagine is just as possible as turn key. This past weekend, another possibility presented --this would involve very serious thought but could be a combination of 3 worlds...... but I'd have to spend nearly 3x more than the 1st combination and I wonder...... So, I have been thinking and thinking. but still trying to eat well & have even begun wearing sneakers when walking the dogs & sometimes, the 'walking as though late" becomes jogging.....for a few moments at least. I think the belly has begun to get firm and tighter...at least I think so...... Empress.... yes, we a traveling similar paths but different kingdoms.... decisions to make...I too have had trouble finding reliable scales.....currently, the kingdom has the royal scale in royal storage. Anagram...trala trala trala .... how wonderful to see the scale go south to a place you haven't seen in so long! Trala Trala Trala.... Woods Nymph....Walking is good. I am glad to be walking, sometimes quickly.....and yes, 30 lbs in a month would be something. But since the only people I know who can lose that quickly are men...... ;);) ********************* Here's today's thought: Quotes made by famous people without much thought... On September 17, 1994, Alabama's Heather Whitestone was selected as Miss America 1995. Here's her answer to her question... Question: If you could live forever, would you and why? Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever." -- Heather Whitestone "Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff." -- Mariah Carey "Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life." -- Brooke Shields, during an interview to become Spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign. "Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country." -- Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC. "I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president." -- Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of subpoenaed documents. "That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it." -- A congressional candidate in Texas. "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it." -- Al Gore, Vice President "I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix." -- Dan Quayle "We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?" -- Lee Iacocca "We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people." -- Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor. "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." -- Bill Clinton, President "Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from overseas." -- Keppel Enderbery "Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances." -- Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina "If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record." -- Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman **************************** |
Huzzah, Kaylets! :wave: Sorry the opportunity did not pan out as planned but sounds as though another exciting one may be in the offing that ye are thinkin' on! That's great.
I love the quotes in your postie, made me smile. Had a long rest today with only a short walk for the streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise. Finished some work and got a grip on organizing things and how I am going to use time for awhile and the diet and exercise thingie and this was Day 18 of my March to the Holidays initiative to lose 15 pounds by Jan. 1, 2012! Woot! I am not thrilled with one of the two new scales I bought and have a nicer one on order and it has been shipped. So we'll see. Huzzah to all royals who inhabiteth this thread and thank ye for welcomin' moi back. Means a lot! |
Wow. 7:17 and still pitch black out there. I guess it'll get a little better when the time changes but we're definitely on the slippery slope down to the shortest day of the year. Ah, but then it'll just turn to more light again.
I've been feeling crappy and not really giving this weight loss thing my all. Sigh. My plan today is to change my attitude. Now. This minute. Kaylets, I love your attitude! Opportunities are all around and will present themselves when we're ready to see them. :yes: Thanks for the good laugh -- I think the "jackass" one was my favorite. Can you imagine the moment after when you realize what you've said? :rolleyes: Amarantha, I love your angels idea! I'm going to start inviting angel accompaniment for my various activities. K, I'm going to work for a while, walk, go to hot yoga. Let's make this a good one! |
Lol, hello Royals! Having one of my copious days off since being underemployed, really going to focus focus on the "diet" part of this as have had two high days and one a week is permissible but not two.
What will the new golden scale say this week? No idea, will it be reward or punishment (e.g. loss or gain)? Will we have to again buy another scale and then we will have three new ones" The journey is takin' a gothic 'n scary little pathway right now. Though we are movin' on to Thanksgiving, we remind ourselves that Thanksgiving is for the purpose of celebrating harvest (in our lexicon, anyway). We remember that we sow what we reap and our intent for the week is to sow some better calorie days. Witchie Poo has invited herself to the Harvest Celebration. She is verra cranky and wants to see her good friends (all the people in Tess' brain) do well on the weigh-in because some folks lately have been mean to Tess and Witchie Poo says we need to get revenge and the only revenge of sane people is to reach their goals and look good in jeans and little capri pants and Witchie says that is what she intends to help us do! |
Woot! Tess (that is what I call myself for some reason) had a great night's sleep and a huge breakfast (will hold cals down until lunch, though) and has kitty in lap and dog sleepin' outside the office door and all's well. A lot of clarity comes with sleep, realizin' how some toxic people, places, jobs, things in my life have departed of their own free will and how much easier this is makin' my weight loss because while it is calories in/calories out IMO that counts, stress from toxic people, places and things does have an effect on our control of that ever important calorie count.
So happy today. Absolutely KNOW I will have a good weigh-in. My new scale is slated to arrive soon and I hope will get here for the big weigh-in day! Grateful to the royals here for lettin' moi ramble in the thread. Woot! Maintenance will be okay, too. Even |
Oh my gosh, I hear you, Empress! My sister was over for dinner last night and was ranting. She just gets going and it's like a barrage, goes on for ever. And even though it's not anger at me, I end up feeling like I've been battered. There must be some way to defuse her.
Anyway, speaking of toxicity and sleep -- I couldn't get to sleep for hours and hours. And then DGS woke me at 5. *yawn* I came to the conclusion, not too long ago, that problems with anxiety and depression were probably the major part of my weight issue. So I've been trying to deal with them but sometimes the focus is lacking. Ah, yes, back to the sleep thing. Anyhoo, determined to have a good day. I've got enough energy to go on and will make this one work for me. :wave: Anagram, Kaylets! |
Yea, Arabella, stress and toxicity from others does affect me mightily on the weight front. I've always known this but it has only been lately when some of that has departed that I've been able to understand it better.
Sigh, I did have a high eating day a couple of times this week but the numbers are promising on the scale peeks I've done. I only count one weigh-in a week, though, usually (sometimes make an exception lol). I've been on a perfect scale hunt, just want one I like and have bought several just to try them. Don't know why, but I am irrevocably wedded to the scale on this particular journey to lose the 15 (and maybe 10 more). I will be here more at 3FC and started a blog here for my weird diet ramblin' ... huzzah to Anagram and Kaylets and Wsw and all in the palace. Woot! |
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