Manifesto: There are 22 days to go to December 30! After that it is New Year’s Eve, kind of a holiday for rest & reflection. I am starting NOW to make this last bit of the interesting year 2012 the best they can possibly be before crossing the portal into the GLORIOUS YEAR 2013, a year where anything is possible, with no mistakes in it (yet)! Woot!

THE GOAL IS TO BE IN THE 120s by year’s end, which is functionally, December 30 because the last day I will weigh in this year.

Woot! Arabella, so great to see you here today and Wsw as well! Congrats to both of you for all your successes; Arabella, wish I'd been there to hear the Messiah, I love it so much.

Re ACIWL, I like it and have found it useful in many ways. I like Marianne Williamson in general and find her words often uplifting.

‎21 days to the day before the last Sunday of the glorious year 2012! While everything's NOT exactly goin' my weigh today (up a pound lol), I am happy with weight and still believe I can reach my year-end goal of reaching the 120s ... not likely to reach 125 by then so just trying for the 120s at the moment.

Weight loss ticker will not update, Ticker Factory seems to be all messed up; going to fix or do a new one, weight is NOW 134.4 ... had a lot of sodium as I am doing The Simple Diet and eating processed food for a while lol.

Love to all, shall returneth! Woot!

I had trouble with the tracker I was previously using, which I started at 143 pounds, but wanted to note that at the beginning of this year, I had bounced up to 150, from a low a year and a half before that of 117, which i had FINALLY reached after years of working at from my original high weight of 247. So when I started this new tracker I started it from January and am very motivated I have done so well this year and still have HOPES of being under 130 by 2013.

Liking my new ticker.

Stopping by to wish all our Royals a happy holiday season!

I'll be watching for a new thread for 2013 and joining you in your journey!

Huzzah, Wildfire!!

I am eagerly anticipating the new thread and the new year, too!

Arabella, meant to mention that I am doing a 10,000 step program also, I probably posted that already, too lazy to look lol. Congratulations on doing yours and on the hot yoga.

I have never tried hot yoga, sounds interesting.

Wsw, hope your day is less hectic tomorrow and congratulations on staying op with food & exercise.

I am totally worn out tonight but fighting the good fight to NOT overeat. I did have a high day yesterday but it was within bounds and so much better than last week.

Having lunch out with an old friend tomorrow in the town where I used to work. That is going to be challenging but I need to stay in the calorie range.

Yesterday I gave away all the processed meals but am still kind of doing the modular thing from Simple Diet, except I need to cook fresh food instead of eating the boxed stuff, which was making me ill as my blood pressure doesn't respond well to all that sodium and what not. I cooked chicken and brown rice, ate one meal, gave one to the dog, and froze four.

I am using whatever shakes I wish and varying them. For bars this week, I am going to bake some breakfast cookies that a friend gave me a recipe for and I am using Soyjoy bars because I still love soy and because they taste like fruitcake but are fairly healthy.

Got my steps in for exercise, still loving the Fitbit. I also am doing 2-3 strength sessions per week and some Leslie Sansone Walk Aerobics (because I like her).

Feeling WAY better since I stopped trying to be a runner.

Huzzah to tried and true royals and so love seeing you here, so grateful and thankful for your queenly comradeship through all the years.

Woot!

Just passin' through and it be a glorious day here in my part o' the universe! Woot to all royals!

Oh, meant to say, too, I wrote a holiday-themed grammar/writing quiz for my work blog, if anyone's interested: 'Tis (or t'is) the season: A grammar quiz

Hello all!

Almost afraid to say it out loud, but.....It's been over a week since I ran out of bread and saw the Dr. Oz show with the Wheat Belly author...........AND

I've not had anything ( that I am aware of, even thru away soup with wheat in it)............wheat or quinoa (and I do miss quinona).........BUT...........almost afraid to break the spell....................

Those big awful, can't control, must have, can't wait, must, must, must cravings are GONE.
Just pale, stick your finger thru, faint, tiny voices which are easily controlled and sometimes will even go back to your room and wait if I tell them.

Even, last Friday when I was so upset ---and even this Sunday, another sad day.

And I knew it all along, my Royals. I knew if I ate oatmeal that in about 45 minutes I would be so ravenously hungry I could eat a wooden chopping block without wiping it off. I know that Doritos and cheese puffs won't even make it out of the parking lot.........
Those cravings are as close to a crack addiction as I will ever know.

But never connected---because eating wheat bread, etc, was a sneakier craving.....it was a craving that acted like regular hunger, not a hand shaking,
emptiness.
But nevertheless, after eating a protein heavy sandwich .......I'd be hungry 2 hours later. Hungry as if I had only eaten a grape.

The past few days, if I just have the heavy protein----maybe even as the topping on a big baked potato for supper.....................I don't need to eat until the next morning.

All this time, I thought it was sugar and yes, I know what some sugars do to me and I realize there is a wheat/sugar connection ..........but................


I still haven't weighed myself, in fact, not even sure where the scale is but I could tell about 4 days in that my face was less round.
Sure, its a big shock to my metabolism but it was a wonderful 'atta boy' to look in the mirror that 4th morning.


Empress, this is exciting news about new job/career possibility!! Sending good thoughts your way!

Wood Nymph, so nice to see you and hear about your goings on. I know the birthday party for your DH was a success!

WSW, hope those difficulties only stayed a short while. I think often of you....I just need to get here and tell you!!

Wildfire in the castle! KEWL

Anagram, Greetings and Salutations in your new castle!


Take care all!

Still, no cravings!!!

Hiya Gals!

Kaylets, I've been thinking about cutting out wheat/moving to gluten free to see how I feel. Interesting to read your results, and look forward to more updates! By the way, I believe I was the one to tell you about Jesse Cook all those years ago. I saw his Blue Guitar tour in Hamilton last month, and it was excellent as always!

Anagram, I hear you have moved to a new palace? Still settling in? Can't wait to hear all about it!

Amarantha, I think "ALL.ABOUT.ME." is a fantastic theme for our new year. If we don't make it about looking after ourselves, who will? No one!

Arabella! Looking forward to catching up here with you! We see each other on the FB place but here has always been easier to talk about our day to day "stuff".

wsw, hope you are feeling well and able to enjoy the holidays without technical difficulties!

2013 is going to be a very selfish year for me. I think it's about time, too! I'm not getting any younger!! I have a gym membership and was dedicated to going 3 or 4 times a week, then my gym buddy had a family thing (liver transplant patient) and is on leave from work for the last couple of months, so I slipped out of our habit of hitting the gym right after work before my second job required me (making dinner, doing dishes, walking the dog, cleaning up, laundry, etc).

So, once this holiday nonsense is over with, I'm committing to regular gym attendance, paying more attention to food and what I'm putting in my body, meditation, and possibly a membership at a massage clinic where I pay a monthly rate and can have as many massages as I like! I will look after me first this year, so I can better look after the people in my life.

Right now I have to bake cookies for a friend who requested them for his Christmas gift. I love giving gifts like this - no shopping, no traffic, no screaming kids and hostile shoppers to deal with - and I enjoy cooking for other people!

Have a fabulous day!