Avast, Rosinante, good work on day 2!

Thy doggies sound well loved, mine be too (and the cat).

Woot! Here we go, another day ahead in the Magickal Land o' 14 Day Challenges, where WE RULE!!!

EDITED AS THE DAY WAS WRONG AGAIN! Day 7!!! During the Ceremony o' the Golden Scale there was a discovery that the ONE TRUE SCALE had been stolen and replaced by a FALSE LYING SCALE that said Tess/Am gained two pounds!

"How can that be," she decried to the universe!

She is makin' an investigation and expects to have the case wrapped up and the ONE TRUE SCALE back by next Sunday.

In the meantime, the 14 day challenge is more important than ever as it seems to be preventin' binges, so she marshalled her forces and soldiers ever onward.

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This is Day 6 for me and I'm off to a good start with church and Bible class. We will be going out to lunch as we usually do on Sundays, but I plan to be careful.

Rosinante - That 'eating too much' hits every one of us every so often, but we learn from our mistakes. Getting a goodish walk in and not eating between meals is certainly a plus.

Am/Tess - This 14 day challenge is helping us keep ourselves FOCUSED on what we need to day. Hopefully your investigation into the disappearance of the true scale will be a fruitful one, and the cause(s) of your problem will be determined.

May we all continue to do the very best we can. And may we, no matter what problems arise in our lives, manage to keep smiling. :)

Ye said it on the focus and smilin', Ms. JJJ2!

Woot, half the battle, right there! :wave:

Rosinante - hugs to the dogs. Hope you got in a walk and no nibbles.

Tess/Am - v sorry to hear you have a Changeling Scale. I seem to remember you must not give in to changelings' demands or you will be in their thrall forever. Does your milk keep turning and your butter won't churn?

Jojojo2 - focus is the name of the game!

Day Five is almost over. I spent it mostly with my report (and some very droney ballad singers at the music festival two fields away). My tea was ready when I crawled home. And I asked the SO to make the DB's supper so I wasn't tempted. That was a stroke of genius on my part. I'll just run him through the principle in a moment and that whole area should become trouble-free. Hurray for a kind and rational human being!

Day Six tomorrow. This streakin' is a great idea, dear Tess/Am. PS Glad you like my av.

Silverbirch lol yea the milk did turn and the butter did not churn. Exactly so.

To be honest am going to weigh today and if it be down, that will be my weight for the week, if it be up, forget it.

Congrats on thy Day 5 and hope ye got your report done.

Now if only mine were done and I will have to be at the grindstone all day to make it so (but still have tomorrow if the former doth not work out).

Rosinate, JJJ2 :wave:

Tess/Am sloggin' on at Day 8!

Over 'n out.

Did walk 90 min this morn' ...

It's day 7 for me here in Wonderful Wyoming.

Silverbirch - A SO like that is indeed one to cherish.

Tess/Am - So your nose is at the grindstone today, that's life my dear. Work awaits us all.

I survived the weekend very nicely, thank you. Sometimes those weekends are difficult for me. My little family returned safely from their vacation, which does ease my mind a bit. Not that I was worrying, but you know how it is. :)

Anyway, let's make today the best day it can be. Onward!!! :wave:

End of Day Six and it was within the parameters. A little suspect outside but nothing ridiculous. I'm aiming here to get daily behaviour on the straight and narrow. One-off events will take their place later.

Rosinante - hope things are going OK in your world. Beaming good vibes.

Jojojo2 - glad they're back, safe and sound. I do know how it is. :)

Tess/Am - 90 minutes is good. Outside? In a Very Hot Place? Hope all was reconciled in the scales dept.

Day Seven tomorrow.

Day 4 drawing successfully to a close. Still eating a bit too much at some meals but less than on previous days. Once I've done 14 days of walking and no eating between meals, I'll add in portion control. I like this.
Hope everyone's ok.

Yea, JJJ2, still at it but wearin' it down (work), halfway through Day 8 and eating is ok, no stress binges. Congrats on Day 7 and gettin' thru weekend~

Silverbirch, yea outdoors fer the walk. The scale did also go down a bit but not enough to bother callin' it a loss. Think I will monitor more than usual this week though. If a weight comes along I like, I'll call it the official one lol. Congrats on the day 6 and yea that is my aim also in this challenge, to get at a daily behavior that works for me.

Rosinate! :wave: Woot on the day 4! Huzzah! I am going to do another 14 also and add something in, not sure what. Something that will help me succeed.

Had a strange mornin' here as I tried to concentrate on getting this project done one day before due. My kitty (Demon, for short) brought a live little bird into my office here in the house where I do half my work. She did not attack it, just wanted to play, carried it in her mouth and put it down. It took me all morning to coax the bird out from under the couch and I needed to work so I just ignored it and I left the office door open and some of my outside doors (no screens) and instructed the dog and cat to leave the bird alone. It hopped out finally and hopped down the hall to the door and is gone as far as I can tell.

Then a gent in my neighborhood was taken away in an ambulance and since I have been his neighbor for 16 years or so, I was concerned, although I know what is wrong with him. We are not close or friends, just that he is my neighbor. He was sitting up though, hope for the best.

Off I go now, back to the grindstone (on the same computer). Two more hours should do it.

I am not binge eating on Mondays as I did in the previous job and though I really am not all that crazy about this gig, it is an improvement not to binge.

Arrived successfully at Day 9! Woot!

Not working today so shall get a wee more rest and lift weights!

Just before I went to bed last night I got into watching the documentary "half ton teen". There was one poor kid who died, one who had a mouth and an attitude on him and one who kept trying to try but whose mother was feeding him up.
It really made me think and has had a Huge effect on my portion sizes!

Rosinante - I've seen that show myself, and I do find that shows of that type really get me to thinking about portion size, idle snacking, etc. I never had a weight problem as a teen since I was so active, but later on I packed on the lbs.

Am/Tess - Glad the bird hopped off to a new life. Right now here the baby robins are beginning to fly away. Occasionally one will be slower in the learning department and the mamma bird will get all flustered about it. Birds are fun to watch.

Silverbirch - Keeping daily events on the straight and narrow is a worthy achievement.

Day 8 for me, and I'm keep busy. Laundry, cleaning, more laundry, more cleaning, decluttering down at the church, more cleaning, etc. etc.

But let's smile at the world, and mayhap the world will smile back! :)

Rosinate and JJJ2, I have never seen that show. I like those kind of programs also as they remind me to be careful.

Tess here in the Hinterlands is wanderin' 'round and feelin' really well but unsettled. She is sufferin' a crisis o' scale, she no longer trusts her scale or the kind she has.

That is a result of her weighing more than once a week so she's going to stop doin' that lol.

Thought t'would be fun to go shopping and buy a new scale.

Seems sometimes to some, I guess, as Tess be a little too focused on weight but believe moi, she has learned that is how it has to be if she is to continue on the journey and not have a major regain.

Lately, since the job change and lifestyle change (SORT of), it seems the weight wants her back.

Hmmm, it can't have her!

Avast!

Having such a lovely day. Off to the scale hunt. Obsessed with the scale, nah.

Just enjoyin' it all.

Here's a wee update on my streakity (daily exercise that I log all over the place):

TUESDAY, July 26, Day 230 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 60 min weights, total streakity streak minutes so far 13805!

I have to be quick as my eyes are closing. It's been a hectic but a Streakin' day. Number Eight tomorrow.

Good luck and a following wind to all!