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hi amarantha2---so good to see you in the palace! you sure have been doing great on your streakity streak. loss of inches also very impressive! you always continue to inspire me. :)
---and hello to all our royal dwellers. trying to hang in there on my food and exercise plan. scale not cooperating as much as i would like, but definitely glad i am hanging on, even if some days, only by a daninty fingernail, today being one of those days. even when not posting, please know i am thinking of you, one and all. you always make me smile. take care, everyone. |
Woot to Wsw!
So great to see your post, Wsw! You also have always inspired moi. Good work on hanging in with food and exercise. Scale is not cooperatin' with me either, dang evil scale.
Come back soon and have a wonderful June! :hug: Quote:
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Day 203 of my backward march to the Sunday following the Mayan calendar winter solstice myth!
Scale Angels turned out to be some passing Scale Demons wearin' false wings and Am2 did gain BACK the 2.8 she lost last week. The week was a wash but we'll get 'em next time. Had to delete the ticker thingie as it was causing computer problems. Might get another one sometime. Working, now. Streakity is: SATURDAY, June 9, 2012, Day 259 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 30 min walk, 30 min run/walk (C25K, W2D2), total streakity streak minutes so far 19,660 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) Not discouraged over the weight gain as am basically down seven pounds since my birthday and am maintaining my current weight and WILL get to where I am going, just have to shave more calories. Thinking of a new food tracker. Discovered that the protein shakes I drink contain a mere half an ounce more than it says on the label. This means that the calorie count is 10 higher than it says. This is perfectly legal but if you drink a lot of those shakes, that can add up over time. It is always wise not to go by the calories on the container. Gotta work! Bah, humbug. |
I love that song, Kaylets! Lol, I am not only going to break out the nonalcoholic booze (I don't drink alcohol but am not opposed to it, just don't like it that much) and have a ball but I'm going to get on the next reincarnation train back to earth for another round o' disappointment, fun, frustration, sadness and joy, relationships and friendships that end though we don't want them too, relationships and friendships that are made when we click with new people or rediscover that our old friends and relationship partners are not perfect but we don't care if they aren't perfect because we love 'em anyway lol, und so weiter.
A wordy way o' sayin', like Big Daddy said in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," that I like life and just may live forever. Anyhow ... this postie is just to say hi to the palace and so glad to see Kaylets and absolutely am dancing and glad to see ye are, my friend. Okay, this is NOT a super happy day but only because we here at Counting Backward to Winter Solstice Sunday (Sunday after the Winter Solstice) Headquarters are NOT in the mood to have it be a day where we have a meeting for work to do. We are wonderin' why we didn't stay retired when we had briefly retired a while back. We suspect we are crazy lol. Anyhow, this be Day 199 o' the count backwards to the Sunday after the end of time lol. OKAY, Am2 doth NOT believe in the end o' time thingie but she loveth the tale that a CYCLE o' time may come to its natural finishment and a GLORIOUS NEW CYCLE start with her at 125 pounds and happier than she has ever been (and everyone else being happy, too, of course, but basically this is ALL ABOUT ME ME ME lol, so we shall continueth)! The streakity be thus: THURSDAY, June 14, 2012, Day 263 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 15 min weights, 15 min walk, total streakity streak minutes so far 19,960 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!). Have really been focused on the cals this week and HOPE to see a reversal o' last week's EVIL, FALSE, LYING DEMON SCALE WEIGH-IN! Woot! Have a great day everyone. |
Huzzah, Royal Ladies and Any Gents in Residence as Well!
Woot, two-hour mini hike put me over 20,000 exercise minutes (20,110 to be exact) on Day 265 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise. Previous streakity record was 18,000 minutes on Day 288. Ended that previous streak at 18,000 but continuing this current one, with the next goal being 30,000 minutes. This is Day 197 of the countdown backwards to my goal date when I will weigh 125 pounds (hopefully before lol). This is Day 1 of the CONSECUTIVE CALORIE STREAK of eating in the 1600s or below. Previous record 5 days but went over yesterday, so this is Day 1 again. 'Bout covers it! Wootness! |
kaylets-so good to see you!! love that song too, and your wise words really struck a chord with me. "keep dancing"---think i will write this down where i can readily see it, in fact.
amarantha2-woot woot!! on that 2 hour mini hike, and hitting over 20,000 exercising minutes. did well today with food plan and exercise. now it has been about 5 months of being fairly consitent on plan, after having gained back weight before that. working on being more realistic this time, and trying to learn from some of my mistakes last year so that i don't have to keep repeating them. i plan to keep building on my successes! i may be 110 years old when i actually reach goal weight at this rate (lol!), but i am not going to "sleep walk" through the journey. well, greetings to all our lovely royals. thinking of you all. |
Wsw!!! Great to see you here. Thanks for the woots!
Woot right back at ye for five months of being consistent on plan. That is great. I don't really care if I am 110 or 120 years old when I reach my goal, but absolutely I will get there and know you will reach yours. Hope we will still be posting as royal friends on some internet somewhere by then. Posting helps me a lot in the journey and I so enjoy seeing old friends (old in length of time known, not in age, as we are ageless, I feel)! Woot! Am so incredibly happy most days lately. When things bother moi I find it easier to throw them off more quickly and I worry less about what people think, say and do than I used to. I feel this will also be a factor in my getting through this difficult weight loss period as my weight is really influenced a lot by my emotions and feelings. That said, lost a whopping .6 of a pound this week lol, but am truly happy with that as it is in the right direction and every week I am more and more primed for success in getting this now 17.4 pounds off. I am at Day 196 of the countdown to the goal and at Day 266 of the exercise streak and at Day 1 of the Consecutive Calorie Challenge (1595 today). Thinking kind thoughts of all royals who wander hither and yon in the queendom. Wowza! Did have a wee problem today in that was driving in desert with an older friend and the temp was 111 and smoke came out the bottom of car and A/C conked out. The rest of the day was verra hot indeed lol. Need to get fixed before Wednesday. A very nice CSR with whom I chatted online about the need for a Monday appointment will help, I hope, as they seem booked. Have been feeling really good about relationships lately, even those that are in the past. This is related to my weight and fitness aspirations as am just realizin' how much weight is impacted by how I feel about things. Life is good, too short to bear grudges and fret over minor negativities so am just hocus pocus focus focusing on the weight journey that is important to me right now and recovering more quickly from slights, vexations and misunderstandings on all fronts and NOT using these as a reason to go over calorie. |
Good evening to all royals who wander these palace hallways. Am2 be in status quo from yesterday except that she is MUCH poorer financially, or will be as soon as she picks up the car and pays the bill for the new A/C, which she finds does NOT come cheap, scary really.
Be that as it may, the consecutive calorie challenge o' Am2 is kind of cancelled. Found today that thinking about it made Am2 eat MORE, kind of a high eating day, no "bad" foods but just more calories. Have a great Tuesday, all! |
empress-i sure am sympathetic about how expensive it is to have car a/c fixed. hope it is working well now. know what you mean about how life is just too short to hold grudges. i too find i can let go of things like that easier than i could before, and it definitely makes a difference in a more peaceful and happier existence. have lots more to accomplish today, so must away and take care of some stuff. so far, op with food and exercise. hope all is well with royal dwellers. thinking of you all. take care. |
Wsw, the vehicle is all fixed and cool as a cucumber with brand new A/C. Thank you for the support! :wave:
Captured by insomnia tonight so just flying by the palace to say hello to all denizens in residence or past, future or on vacation. :wave: Making a number of changes in career direction and will be taking some classes to prepare for an exam that will help me in said new career, although am keeping the part-time job I am currently contracted for. Sort of excited but sort of in a state of having nibbled on too many calories yesterday, so really need to get that back on track tomorrow. Woot, all! |
Wowsa, t'is shapin' up to be a great day for Moi (just me lol) and hope everyone else in the palace or out wanderin' in the glorious world also has a great day!
Starting a 10-day yoga challenge, just to do as little as 5 min daily to add to my streakity streak: Going to post my streakity here today as a kick-off of my 10-day yoga challenge to do AT LEAST 5 minutes per day. THIS IS DAY 1 and I am STILL up early to work but stopped to do yoga! Woot! THURSDAY, June 21, 2012, Day 270 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 15 min yoga, total streakity streak minutes so far 20,355 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) Also doing a little personal challenge to eliminate negativity from my wee brain and life. This, to me, means distancing self from as many negative people, places and things as I can and from the negative forces inside my own head. Also noting that my little career change challenge includes adding nine on site classroom hours per week of a course I need to take that can't be done on the internet. So need to keep up with my job better and SO lol I better get back to work. Light beams from the palace window and so hope everyone comes back soon. Wootness! :wave: :) |
so glad to hear a/c in royal vehicle is now keeping you cool as a cucumber, empress! again, you inspire me and remind me of some things which i need to do to take better care of myself regarding working on eliminating negative self talk. well, i am a work in progress on this front, anyway. hope weekly class hours are going/will go well. --and greetings to all our royal dwellers, both near and far. stayed op today, food and exercise-wise. some days sure are harder than others to make myself do this, though. today was one of those harder days. also i have a wierd sense of body image. even after having lost weight now again consecutively for past 5 months, i feel bigger than when i started back on weight loss course. ah well. also, i know i need to be more consistent with listening to meditation cd's which are really helpful for me to de-stress a bit. ok, so speaking of needing to de-stress, i need to try a little of that right now. well, a good evening to one and all. [/COLOR][/B] |
Woot!
Wsw: Ye have always been one who inspires ME as I have noted how ye keep working at the journey and life in general and you do to me sound like a really positive person! Huzzah, congrats on having lost weight consecutively for the past five months, that is an awesome accomplishment. Keep on keepin' on! Woot! :carrot: As for Moi (Just Me), Wootness, this be Day 191 o' that intrepid march to MY GOAL DAY, which is actually December 23, the Sunday following the Winter Solstice, which is significant, of course, as I have stated to all persons I meet 'cause I talk and type a lot lol, because of the ancient Mayan calendar that some say predicts the world or time or a cycle of time, depending on how you look at it, could end. While this may be thought of as a gloomy prophecy (if, indeed, the ancient Mayans thought that, which I doubt), many people, including me are having a fun time with it and planning parties others believe it might refer to the end of a cycle of time and the beginning of a new one. SO PLEASE NO NEGATIVITY ABOUT MY HAVING FUN WITH THE SYMBOLISM OF THIS, WHICH MOTIVATES AND ENERGIZES MOI LOL. So my cycle of not being able to get this extra weight off is going to come to an end on OR BEFORE (way before, I hope) December 23! In the meantime, I have classes starting in two weeks and I have to change my work schedule for the one contract job I have left in life so DO have to work today (following a trip to Wally for food, NO DONUTS)! Wootness and salutations! Here is the rest of the streakity from yesterday: THURSDAY, June 21, 2012, Day 270 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 2nd session, 30 min walk, 30 min strength, total streakity streak minutes so far 20,385 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) It. Is. Manifest. |
Having a nice rest day, just wanted to wish everyone in the palace a lovely night.
Been enjoying posting my streakity streak here so ... FRIDAY, June 22, 2012, Day 271 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 90 min walk, 15 min yoga, total streakity streak minutes so far 20,490 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) |
Remembering what works
Good morning, Queenies! Cool and :rain: here but that's OK cuz I have a cold and will be content with lounging and reading/watching movies for most of the day.
I had been in quite the funk for the last couple of weeks. My sister was visiting yesterday and said there'd been solar flares that tend to make us sensitive petals anxious and depressed. So that's a theory. Whatever, though, I thought: What can I do to make myself feel better? And I remembered how much better I feel when I eat lowish carb. One day in and I was feeling like myself again. Thing for me to remember: Easy to get off track, way harder to get back on. Screw the carbs. (Pardon my French.) In the "big news" category, four of my sisters and I are renting a cottage for the summer, straight through until Thanksgiving. We got a fantastic deal -- works out to $489 apiece. Small and rustic but a five minute walk through the woods to a beautiful beach. This is going to be good! Empress Am, you are inspiring as always. You've done phenomenally well keeping the weight off. So many people gain most of it back. You'd asked about the different kinds of yoga I do. Well, it's mostly the Moksha hot yoga variation. I've done hatha for many years but hot yoga is a vigorous style that has amazing results when done regularly. When I was averaging five times a week, my body -- even my skin -- was becoming transformed as I watched. Back to that again. :yes: They also have a yin class that I've attended a couple of times -- two different instructors and very different styles. Gentler styles, longer holds, increasing flexibility in the joints and all the other benefits that they say go with the various poses (reclining hero, pigeon, etc. opening heart, getting all the emotional "gunk" out of our hips) Kaylets, interesting about your premonition! What always strikes me is how these feel SO disturbing but oftentimes everything works out OK. When DH lost his job in Nfld., I'd spent four or five days extremely anxious, describing how I felt as "like I'm waiting for the axe to fall." Then, the following Monday he found his program had been cut and we were going to have to move. So, it was a big deal but not really catastrophic. WSW, I'm so glad you've found a comfortable "in-between" nest! Re: Not sleepwalking through the journey -- I'm with you, Sistah! The "eating for comfort" phase is that, exactly, isn't it. Like a psychic sleeping pill to keep us sedated. Not taking that medication any more! It's carbs, for me. :p Ptttui! Anagram, are you around? We're missing you! (We've all gone walkabout from time to time and there is no rebuke intended, of course.) I'm off to walk before the rains start again. Have a blessed weekend, my beloved Queenlies! |
Hullo!
Arabella!!! T'is so great to see ye! Sorry ye were in a funk! I am the same in that eating lower carb levels makes me feel better. When I am in sugar/carbish mode I am much less happy and I get more tired and have a hard time with appetite control. In fact, paleo eating of a sort agrees with me but I don't practice it strictly or anything. I like dairy and processed food too much, but I do toy with the idea of going full monte on that way of eating sometime. We'll see :carrot: !!
Thank you for the info on what you are doing in yoga. I need to get my yoga practice back and deepen it. Haven't taken classes in years, just do it at home, but might like to try a hot yoga class when I get time. Also would like to add my agreement with your huzzah to Anagram. It has been way fun for me to be back in the palace, having had computer problems off and on that precluded my often coming here and on other sites I like. These seem to have disappeared on my new computer, yay. Longing for a Mac lol ... not in the budget, though. Anyhow, today is Day 190 on my countdown to My Goal Day! I got up way early to exercise and work some on the stuff I actually get paid for and traveled to another town to say good-bye to some old friends. Peaceful now. All pain from that is gone. The streakity from this morning is thusly: SATURDAY, June 23, 2012, Day 272 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 60 min walk, 15 min yoga, total streakity streak minutes so far 20,565 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) Good night all! |
Huzzah! At Day 189 o' the Goal Day Countdown! The TALE O' THE SCALE was neutral, no loss, no gain! Was happy as a clam with this as thought I had gained, although haven't peeked all week. Calories have been a little high for most of the seven days, although had a few low ones. I started a Gratitude Group support thread in this section of 3FC and THAT is one of the things I am grateful for today, that I had a NICE MAINTAIN instead of a MEANIE GAIN! Woot!
I'll get 'em next time. SUNDAY, June 24, 2012, Day 273 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 30 min walk, 15 min yoga, 15 min jog, total streakity streak minutes so far 20,565 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) |
Wootness! T'is a glorious CLOUDY morn here in sunny central AZ and might rain, which is a good thing as the land is a tinderbox right now.
So happy to be alive and, as I posted in the Gratitude Group, to have a job, although really not in the mood to get to work right now, but will & must as my schedule is all messed up this week with changes people make to it! This is Day 188 of my backward count to GOAL DAY! Yay! Am very focused on GETTING SOMEWHERE with the weight loss! A new calorie budget has been set (by me and the phone app software lol) and I am not going to deviate by even one calorie as am on kind of SPRINT now to the 4th of July. The streakity for today be thusly: MONDAY, June 25, 2012, Day 274 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 60 min walk, 15 min yoga, 15 min jog, total streakity streak minutes so far 20,655 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) HOPE ALL WHO INHABITETH THIS ROYAL PALACE OR TRAVEL HITHER AND YON ON THE FAR REACHES OF THE CASTLE ESTATE HAVE AS GLORIOUS A DAY AS AM2 IS GOING TO HAVE! Sorry to shout. Really feeling positive this morning. |
Double wootness! Just found out that something that should be worryin' moi vis a vis family is not anything to worry about! Feeling great now!
Workin' tonight, hoping for some days of NOT working until next week when I start six weeks of classes. Still, life is good and am now hocus pocus focus focusin' on the calorie level today. Making sandwiches for lunch and before the meeting! Have been having a verra busy and worrisome week but now t'is better! Making sandwiches for lunch and dinner! Too busy to think straight or post straight lol. TUESDAY, June 26, 2012, Day 275 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 15 min yoga, total streakity streak minutes so far 20,670 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) |
am2- so glad to hear you found out that what you were worried about regarding your family turned out to be o.k. after all! :)
and that your busy and worrisome week is getting better. arabella- sorry to hear that you had been in a funk recently. renting a cottage for the summer with your sisters sounds so delightful. hi anagram, kaylets, and all our dear royals---thinking of you. stuck to food and exercise plan for today---yea! feeling really disorganized of late, and need to get more stuff taken care of on my to do list. the heat does enter into the equation but some of it is because i have not prioritized as well as i could have. ok, so need to work on this area with more vim and vigor. well, hope everyone has a good evening. |
Thanks for kind words wsw! Woot! I can relate to feeling really disorganized of late, been that way for a while. Can relate to heat entering into things also and priorities
Arabella, adding to my previous posties that I also feel renting a summer cottage with your sisters sounds wonderful. Also with ye, wsw, in a howdy to anagram, kaylets and all royals in the palace, mentioned or un- ETA: Forget this, no rain! Lol, just a dust storm, but at least we have CLOUDS! Temp has dropped to 108! Previously posted: JUST HEARD THE RAIN! Yay! It was 109 an hour ago, not too hot by AZ standards but still hot. The house had been heated up by the sun and suddenly IT IS RAINING! Huzzah! We are in major need of rain here to help alleviate wildlands fire danger. Plus it is just so dry and hot this season. Woot! This is day 186 of my countdown to goal date! Walked this morning in park with friend and we could barely move. My streak is at ... WEDNESDAY, June 27, 2012, Day 276 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 60 min walk, total streakity streak minutes so far 20,730 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) |
Wootness, kind royals! So happy today, which, as is a favorite saying of mine from the Anne of Green Gables books, is a brand new day with no mistakes in it--yet! :)
My streakity is thusly: THURSDAY, June 28, 2012, Day 277 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 45 min walk, 20 min run, 10 min abs, total streakity streak minutes so far 20,805 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) Got up early to do this as working from home office today on a work project that will clear up some work items hanging over head so can have a nice free weekend to get in the mood to start the real estate classes on Monday. As these need to be done onsite, t'will entail a WHOLE lotta switching schedules and need to be in a positive frame of mind, eliminating all negative thoughts, people, places, things, habits, und so weiter lol. Hocus pocus focusing on positivity and passing an exam WHILST at the SAME time eating in my calorie level and exercising daily as exams come and exams go and pretty much everything and everyone comes and goes in life, actually, but for me, achieving and maintaining a happy weight that serves me and the best fitness level I can achieve is near or at the top of my priority list and always will be. Thankful for the friends, family and and acquaintances online and off who have accompanied me on the journey for a time, although some have had to opt out due to miscommunication on all sides and their own problems and I understand and honor that and feel the same way. Friends, acquaintances and family, as well as strangers, bosses, clients, employees, und so weiter, walk a two-way and recursive street. All disagreements, misunderstandings and negative interactions must be taken in context of the whole and no one person is ever to blame. Lol, heavy philosophy this morning. Really focused, lol, have three minutes before starting work. Wootness! |
sad today because an old friend died day before yesterday. actually, his brother is my close friend, but i knew his brother well and for lots of years--since we were all kids together. he was energetic, and wild (fun wild, not scary wild) in his youth, and had a terrific sense of humor, and a big heart. he had a loving family and was very close to all his brothers and his parents, and he had a great mischievous smile. i will miss him greatly. my friend (his brother) is broken-hearted and i felt like i wouldn't be able to think of the right thing to say to help comfort him, but i guess in the end, sometimes just listening and reminding said friend how much i care and will be there to listen, or be quiet, or talk with him--- may be all one can do sometiems. plus my friend lives on the opposite coast from me, so not being there in person makes me feel a little more helpless too. anyway, just wanted to say all this within the safe palace walls. thanks for listening, dear queenlies! :) right now i am looking out my den window at the gorgeous view of the woods and am very grateful to be able to do so. also didn't overeat yesterday, and plan to try and do same today. well, thinking of all of you who dwell in and around the palace walls, and it brought a big smile to my face. take care, all. |
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:hug: wsw, so sorry about your friend's brother, who is also someone who was a friend and grew up with you, passing. I think you are right that just listening and having a friend know you are there for them is the totally right thing to do and no other words are necessary. So nice that you have the woods to look at outside your window. Congrats on no overeating yesterday. That is great work. It also brings a smile to my face to think of the royals who dwell in this palace or outside its walls. I think of the folkettes here so often. T'is Day 184 on my count backwards to my goal day. Calories good in the 1600s yesterday and am actually in the midst of an 18 hour session of intermittent fasting I started last night. I practice IF from time to time, not on any regular basis. It calms the mind and focuses the spirit, and has health benefits for me. I have never gone a full 24 hours and have never lowered overall calories to dangerous levels. It is just an eating pattern that I like sometimes. There used to be a thread on 3FC about IF. Maybe I will look it up. My streakity for today is thusly, done in the park verra early as it gets HOT here early: FRIDAY, June 29, 2012, Day 278 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 15 min aerobics (In park with a Leslie guided audio “Walk,” which is basically a light aerobic workout that I do double time), 120 min walk, total streakity streak minutes so far 20,940 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) |
Good morrow royal folke o' the palace. On a whirlwind of activity at the moment so shall away and say have a good day! Woot!
SATURDAY, June 30, 2012, Day 279 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 10 min dynamic stretch, 20 min run, 60 min walk, total streakity streak minutes so far 21,030 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) |
Good morrow palace dwellers or passersby. This be for me, Day 182 in the journey to reach 125 by December 30. This has been declared a holiday in my safe little world called Goal Day. It is also the first Sunday following the Winter Solstice, shall spare ye all the details of the symbolism o' this particular year's winter solstice. But we here in my safe little world have been thinking on time a great deal. TIME, dear royals, is a river, in our opinion, symbolically speaking lol. All rivers, it was once told to us, flow eventually into the sea. Probably that is not scientifically accurate, but t'is a nice thought. Time is a river that flows in a circle and always brings us home. Home in our case is weighing 125 pounds and being who we really are. Those are the goals for Goal Day. It. Is. Manifest. In the meantime, the streakity for today is thusly: SUNDAY, July 1, 2012, Day 280 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 75 min walk, 5 min abs, total streakity streak minutes so far 21,110 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) Will update weight loss (or gain or maintain) before brunch as always. |
Sashayin' back into the palace fer just a sec, kind royals!
Wanted to SAY that there VERDICT hath been rendered on the Golden Scale o' Dietary Justice in Am2 Land and said royal hath been found to be INNOCENT o' dietary crimes this week. She be down 1.2 this week and in this SLOOOOOW and RECURSIVE hike to gettin' these pounds off, right now that is great to Am2. Thank you. |
Huzzah to all royals in and about the palace or wanderin' elsewhere in the universe. Hope all are havin' an excitin' week so far!
MONDAY, July 2, 2012, Day 281 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 75 min walk, 15 min jog, total streakity streak minutes so far 21,200 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) Day 181 of the backward count to Goal Day! Yay! Must away! |
A Little Night Music
Having a difficult, disordered night already as t'is 108 degrees right now, not quite full dark, no A/C in half of my house lol so I stay in the office until the temps go down and seek company online sometimes. :carrot: Had a major shift in plans for the summer today, am not going to be taking some classes I was going to take so am kind of back to an on again off again work schedule and I have a lot of days off until the middle of next week. The plan now is to hocus pocus focus focus on this WEIGHT LOSS. Sending out pleas already for any friendly SCALE ANGELS who are summering in my area to come on down on Sunday and have some virtual, calorie free angel food cake at my Sacred Ceremony o' the Golden Scale. The plan now is, as suggested by a trainer I know, to NOT lift weights for yet another week. This is paying off big time in stopping the joint pain I have been experiencing. I do want to get back to it sooner or later but for now am having a hiatus and just doing mainly gentle cardio. The plan, now, is to LOSE at least 1.2 pounds this week and return to the 130s. I. Will. Do. It. Taking a hiatus from posting on this thread until my weigh-in. :wave: Good night, Gracie. |
am2-congrats on weight loss!!!, and hope the scale angels will be with you also for your upcoming week!! i too am hoping scale angels are with me for this week, but so far no loss, though have been quite wonderful with exercise and staying op. thanks for the kind words regarding the loss of friend last week. :) glad to hear laying off the weights temporarily is helping with your joint pain.
heat is pretty rough here now too. today, it got down to a "chilly" 97 after 106 and 105 starting last friday. the humidity here makes it feel like stepping into a sauna. ah well---such is summer. stayed op and exercised today, though was very tempted to sneak off plan earlier in the day. well, hope all royals who are dwelling in, near, or far from the palace walls are having a good evening. thinking of you all. |
Wsw, I was afraid I was hogging the thread was going to not post until my weigh-in day but see you came in and wanted to say hi. Lol, guess we have plenty of room in the palace at the moment so I won't worry 'bout hoggin' the place.
I am requesting all my friends in weight loss to ask any scale angels they know to my weigh-in party on Sunday. The AZ heat is down a little now and there is plenty of golf to be had here. I have found that scale angels like golf. I will serve virtual angel food cake and green tea at the weigh-in. Wsw, hope those scale angels have visited you since you posted. I am taking a look at a weight loss plan called JUDDD. I may do a modified version of it. We'll see. I am so at peace and so happy since I have made a lot of changes of direction in my life and clarified some thing in my mind that were murky before. I have just never been happier and I know the obstacles to reaching my goal are disappearing one by one. Woot! This is Day 177 of my backward count to GOAL DAY! |
am2-so glad to hear that you are at peace and very happy since making a lot of changes in your life direction and clarifying other things. "woot!" is right! very impressive, empress! i too know that any obstacles to reaching your goal will continue to fall away. also sending good scale angel vibes your way.
scale did finally move downward and was very pleased to see that, believe me. heat here is still mind-melting. i swear i walk outside into this sauna and i can't think my way out of a paper bag. (don't kow where that expression came from originally or why it popped in to my head just now, either, but i know it is old cuz i remember hearing it since i was a kid.) anyhoo-i stayed op and did my exercising today as scheduled. yay. got some paperwork done today which i needed to accomplish, and was glad about that. bad news though, is that i am looking at a bunch of stuff i need to organize and de-clutter, which i am not thrilled about. ah well. plan to try and make myself stay on task with that this weekend. well, salutations to all queenlies within or around the palace (or far away). hope a good evening will be had by one and all. :) |
Wsw, thank you for the kind and encouraging words! :wave:
AND woot, woot and triple woot on having had downward action on the scale!!! :bravo: Good work on staying op and getting the exercise in despite the heat. Have fun organizing! Am2 be about ready to go for a walk, doing some revamping of the calorie and exercise plans today as have extra time off to focus on the weight loss. This be day 176 on her backward count to GOAL DAY! Wowza, t'will be a good day today AND on GOAL DAY! And adding salutations also in the words o' Queen Wsw "to all queenlies withing or around the palace or far away." |
Lost .8, finally back where I was three weeks ago lol and if I can JUST march on, will be back in the 130s! Woot!
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amarantha2- congrats on your weight loss!! and on the march down to your goal. woot! and woot! :) hope your day is pleasant, empress.
thus far, op today. have been trying to get back to listening to meditation cd more consistently. i know when i do, it is helpful for setting a good tone for my day. still sooooo hot here, but it is supposed to get under 100 degrees tomorrow, and i am ready to enjoy that. must away for now. thinking of all our dear royals. |
Thanks for the congratulations on my weight loss and march to goal, Wsw!! I did have a very pleasant day yesterdy.
Hope your day went well yesterday and that you have a great rest of the week. Congrats on getting back to listening to meditation cd more consistently. Hope you DO get your under 100 temps. Up early to enjoy some cool temps myself before the day heats up. Also thinking of the dear royals who are near or far away. |
yes, i did have a pleasant day, yesterday, thanks. glad to hear you did, empress!
the heat has been wearing me out so much these past 10 days+. 97 degrees here is still pretty miserable, but beats the heck out of 105. tomorrow, dare i hope(?), may even get down lower than low 90's. granted, it will only be a short respite, but i am looking forward to it. remained op with food and exercise today, and pleased about it. thinking of all our royal beings. take care, everyone. |
The heat has been bothering me a lot more this year, too, wsw! Lol, and I live in Arizona, so doubt we'll have much in the way of respite for a long, long time now. But slowly the temp will go down or the monsoon will bring relief for a while. I am feeling like fall or winter already. So looking forward to that this year and reaching my goal on December 30 or before lol.
Congrats on the op food and exercise day. I stayed that way, too. I am developing a set of RULES for this diet, inspired by the Bob Harper "Skinny Rules" book, although I DON'T want to be skinny per se, don't even like the word. The two rules on the list so far are to 1) plan my food for days I work meetings and 2) exercise daily, which I already do, but it is on the list now. Lol, off to shop now as work starts tomorrow and I want to have all my food prepared and logged for two days. Take care everyone. |
Howdy wsw and all other royals mentioned or un- who may or may not be a'lurkin' or otherwise inhabitin' this palace thread.
This is my Day 172 of my backward count to MY GOAL DAY! Focusing heavily on Rule #1 of my diet rules, plan food for days I work meetings. Have scheduled meeting to work that looks to be six to seven hours and this would normally cause me to overeat BUT I am focused on the one true mantra for the week: "139 POINT ANYTHING! 139 POINT ANYTHING!" I need to lose only half a pound to get back into the 130s. Resting until afternoon now. Here be the streakity streak! WEDNESDAY: July 11, 2012, Day 290 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 60 min walk, 15 min yogalates, (music: Pachelbel’s Canon in D/for yogalates, no music for walk/talked with friend in park), total streakity streak minutes so far 21,875 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) |
hi am2! hope your morning is going well. wow!--only 1/2 pound til you are back in the 130's---pretty terrific!!
sticking with food and exercise plan. this little above 100 degree respite has been a real treat, i must say. trying to get back in to swing of being more organized again, which isn't coming as easily as i would like, but going in the right direction, at least. well, to all our dear royals, hope a good day will be had by one and all. |
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