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Here on Fantasy Island in the Queendom o' Empress Am2, her wee little palace is a bit cleaner than it was yesterday as said empress could NOT sleep a wink so got up and cleaned and then went runnin' ... or run/walking and walking walking. It is way cooler but very humid here. Who moved Arizona to the upper part o' the continent?
Can't wait for autumn but must not rush the season this year as we here in the Empire have pounds to lose to stay on schedule for the December goal. Anyhow, bought a bunch o' SHOES yesterday and going out in a sec to buy more things and pay some bills and things, things, things. Working a meeting tonight that looks to be long! Battening down the hatches to the EATING TOO MUCH CUPBOARD. Need a lowish calorie day. How soon Sunday weigh-ins come around, Am2 wants to be ready, ready, ready. As for excess calories, they shall be banished to the far reaches of the empire, or somewhere outta sight. The streakity streak for today beith: August 2, 2012, Day 312 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 60 min run/walk, 30 min walk, total streakity streak minutes so far 23,525 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) |
Huzzah, inspirational Am - and I too enjoyed your "rule" setting, Arabella.
Am listing but not getting excited yet. Not till after "inspection" this week. THEN if all goes well, I'll get more so. Have told only family so far but when all passes I will go to door to some of the very best here and give them the news. I hope to make them sad and if I make some glad, I hope they are nice enough not to say so. I have always said I have the best neighbors and I do hate to leave that security but -- sometimes one must. I did opt for more than I originally intended but just wasn't finding what I want where I want. But isn't that often the case. Lost the water weight but still find me just above that magical 200 I finally achieved last year (and a few times before). As we often discuss, I threw myself in front of me..... |
Huzzah on opting for more than you intended, Anagram! We might as well have what we want in this life as much as possible. I bet your new home is beautiful and you will be so happy.
Congrats in losing the water weight and hovering just above the magic number you achieved last year. That is a GREAT job of maintaining over the space of a year! Maintaining is one of the tougher of the arts. Kudos. Huzzah also to all the royals! Hope you are having a great weekend so far. I DO consider Friday part of the weekend, but worked today and have more to do this weekend. Will have a lot of time off in August, need to regroup the royal brain and rethink the options and plans and all that jazz! Today's streakity streak is thusly: FRIDAY: August 3, 2012, Day 313 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 45 min walk, 45 min weights, total streakity streak minutes so far 23,615 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) |
SATURDAY: August 4, 2012, Day 314 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 90 min walk, 15 min pilates, total streakity streak minutes so far 23,720 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!)
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Today's the day!
We perform Faure's Requiem this evening. Then no choir action until September, which I have mixed emotions about. But things have been a trifle busy and look like they'll continue that way. And that's mostly good, because doldrums threaten when I do nothing but work.
Got to the beach twice last week and once for a drive-by with my mom and a friend and her 97-year-old mother. We were going to go to a restaurant but I decided, what with various issues -- walkers, profound deafness, dietary challenges -- that it'd be easier just to cook. So I made lemon-garlic chicken and a couple of salads, put out big strawberries and chunks of chocolate for dessert and -- I think -- a good time was had by all. Re: diet -- all big talk. :p But recommitting NOW. It seems to me that I have to occasionally prove it to myself that I'm not going to succeed unless I stick to the "eating only at table" rule. That's what I did, last Monday. :red: Amarantha, 314-day streakity-streak is phenomenal :encore: What a champion, ladies and gentlemen! Anagram, I know your neighbours will be sad! Will you still be able to see them? I concur with Empress A -- hovering just above the magic 2 is a wonderful feat, which I wish I had emulated myself. That's maintenance. And we need to adjust sometimes before we go lower. K, did walk around the harbour with royal consort, now off to hot yoga. Then, a bit of practicing, laundry... and away I go to the final rehearsal. We're 45 mins from home so my carpool gals and I will just stay out there, go for an early dinner and then relax pre-performance. Have a lovely Sunday! |
Arabella, so admire your ability to recognize doing nothing but work can lead to the doldrums. I need to find something social to do other than work and take walks with people, which is good, but need a class or something.
Lost .4 this week. It is the 7th consecutive week I've had a loss, small losses and slow but I'm winning. Had some people tell me this week that I am too focused on the scale, lol. Yea, and while they are telling me that I am reaching my goal. Happy happy happy today! Verra focused, yes. Did another of the virtual 5ks on that "other" website (sorry to mention it). My run/walk time is getting SLOWER not FASTER lol. I don't care, it is fun. Going to make a beef and corn casserole of some kind today or tomorrow. Pledged to do a main "diet" dish each week to freeze. Last week it was just salmon and Brussels sprouts. Love to all royals. I have one more document to prepare for work and then have NO contracts or work to do for three days, then just some short things and then am taking time off until September to FOCUS on, well, yes, the SCALE. Plus other things but I really want to reach this goal. |
Hope all went well with the performance, Arabella, and that you and the carpool buds had a great bonding time. And kudos also for the beach time - and the rideby with the ladies who I'm sure appreciated it.
And kudos too on the continued streakity streak, Empress. You continue to amaze and you would not be YOU if you were not focussing on the scale and your total well being. August is a good time to have a "slow" time. Don't expect mine to be now that I've got to hone in on getting this place on the market. Plus, for some reason, though I always planned it so it never worked out to be. DS came up Saturday, mourning for his childhood home. But he did take a carload back with him and made arrangements for a friend to come "sometime" in the next couple of weeks to take what they can on his trailer or whatever. Not much gone from his bedroom which is what I really need right now but at least he showed a sense of reality and cooperation. DD coming this upcoming weekend (for other reasons) and hope I can get her to do something too. Princess 16 (egad, yes, 16) will be staying for a couple of days and will help - but I want to enjoy my precious time with her too so we must do fun things as well. I've told two neighbors so far and two close friends. Neighbors has been (as usual) great. Yes, I'm only going maybe 3 miles away. One of the reasons I decided on this location. Won't have to change my "ruts" nearly so much as if had gone to some other places. I'm already comfortable (if not excited) about living there. Still must focus on only one thing at a time though or it will get overwhelming. One might hope to lose some weight through all of this but not counting on it. that would be someone else's body/reaction. Still - won't be going to pool but will continue with tai chi/PT, etc. Supposed to lose some humidity (finally) today. So it's off to the Monday "usuals" and then off to tai chi and a haircut. Enjoy all, all. |
Yea, Arabella, please share how the performance went, sounds like such a goodly and fun thing to do. Bet it was beautiful.
Anagram, thanks for the kudos and thoughts on focusing that support what I think also about what I am doing. It is good DS and DD are getting into the reality of the move and helping you out. But of course you must have fun with your teen princess, ah, they grow up so fact, the time for them to be your little ones is indeed precious. I don't have children other than the furbabies (not to denigrate my furbabies as fully fledged little people I adore, but they stay always children so the trick is to enjoy but watch them like a hawk so they don't get into mischief lol). Glad your neighbors were great and wow only three miles away is still a move and new digs but glad you have that comfort level of being in your familiar area. I love the weird area I live in and have moved a few times here and have been so glad to be still "home" in my strange desert city. Totally think ye are wise not to focus on losing weight but will continue with the tai chi and pt. Enjoy your day! Wondering how it goeth with Wsw, Kaylets and all the royals! Hope all are well. Huzzah! |
And about me, it has been a big day already. My weird semi non working August begins today. So the first Monday with NOTHING to do in a long time. Ambivalence, depression, joy, elation, whatever, it is just weird lol.
Well, SOMEHOW an EVIL SNACK CAKE DEMON appeared on the landscape after Queen Me went to the gym today. Queen Me is actually NOT in love with the gym, would rather exercise alone or outdoors with a group of friends or acquaintancces or by herself or with the dog or whatever. BUT it is hot out and humid here in NOT-A-DRY-HEAT-DESERT-TOWN. Queen Me also does good work at the gym, plus she has a paid up membership for practically forever. So she restarted her 5K dreams from scratch in the cooler, non humid environment of the indoor track. She wanted to recalibrate the phone's accelometer as the GPS doesn't work as well in that building. Ran a gentle mile at 22 minutes for time and did walk intervals to fill a half hour, then went to the park and walked a gentle half hour not for time. SO was feeling good, no work for the Empress to do (unless she cleans the palace or weed eats the estate). Then it happened, aaack, she saw SNACK CAKES in the grocery where she had stopped to get dog food. Donuts are forbidden in the Empire but the occasional sweet bakery treat is okay dokey. However, Queen Me (same person as the Empress) got the kind of SNACK CAKE that is KNOWN to be more calories than listed on the label, scanned the barcode in My Net Diary (best app in iTunes) and sure enough each cake in the package of two is 20 calories higher per the barcode. It is okay to eat that in a calorie controlled diet if one knows to count it correctly, which Am does, so she ate both and had done with it. Did buy steel cut oatmeal and agave nectar for sweet treat breakfasts the rest of the week. Somewhat low glycemic. Agave is really a sugar like any other but is so sweet one only needs a drop or two so it doesn't mess with blood sugar or calorie count. So, a Monday with nothing to do! Woo! Ahhh ... probably will get depressed! Lol, s'ok, NOTHING will make me blow the cal count today as am feeling so happy with my weigh-in result! MONDAY: August 6, 2012, Day 316 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 30 min run/walk (August Gym Challenge begins), 30 min walk (in park), total streakity streak minutes so far 23,840 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) |
Day 145! Okay dokey karioke!!! Doin' SO much better today. Will catch up with the streakity later, going to gym for the August gym challenge, did Pilates last night, did weights this morning, am NOT goin' to buy anymore EVIL DEMONIC SNACK CAKES as that extra sugar is what set off my crazy depression yesterday when mixed with 109 F heat and only two A/C rooms in the palace here.
Light at end of tunnel? No, but sure had a good second part of the night's sleep after the TRYST WITH EVIL SNACK CAKES. Need to stick to agave for sugar and still allowable is some splenda. The agave is NOT low glycemic as it is marketed, but its charm is how gentle it is to my system and also how intensely sweet and natural so that only a little bit provides more than enough sweetness. I also like that it comes from the desert areas of the country wherein I reside in nonvirtual space. Woot! Am just going to walk on the indoor track at the gym. I find I do my weights so much better in my home gym all by my little ol' queenly self. |
anagram-congrats on your new home! that is so exciting. i hope you will be very happy there. it's nice that it is in your same area. not surprised to hear how your neighbors will miss you, of course.
am2-hope your walk at the indoor track today was pleasant. i remember when i first joined a gym (many, many years ago) with an indoor track. what a treat it was when i was living in minnesota to be able to use that track whether in the middle of winter with 4 feet of snow outside, or in summer with high humidity. i was so tickled by being able to do that. arabella-hope you enjoyed your performance, and that you had a pleasant time with your carpool friends pre-performance. greetings, kaylets, and all our dear royals! i have had a cold, but definitely feeling better now. still pretty tired, though. have stayed op -exercise, and food-wise, albeit a bit grudgingly. my poor little brain is not too peppy right now, so though my responses may not be too comprehensive, i sure have been thinking of all of you. :) take care, queenlies. |
Glad you are feeling better now, wsw! Missed you! It is great you kept op with food and exercise. Woot!
I love the indoor tracks they have in most of the gyms here also, but this is the largest one in a facility where I've been a member. I did have a pleasant walk and ran some also. Better than the dreadmill (shudder, hate those things anymore). Had a rocky day otherwise but also on track with food. |
thanks, am2! huzzah for staying op.
still really tired, plus had trouble sleeping last night---well, slept a while but woke up not too long after that, and then insomnia-city. usually, i just get up and putter around in some (slightly, at least) constructive way, but last night, just watched some old movies and read in bed since hadn't been feeling well anyway. i figured that some rest, even if not sleep, was warranted in this case. glad i did that since knew i had a busy day planned for today, and some appointments which i really couldn't cancel. sooo-hoping tonight will be better in the sleeping department. did eat more cals. than had originally planned for today, but didn't go crazy. did get exercise in. well, good evening, am2, and to all our lovely royal palace dwellers. |
Wsw, hope you get better sleep tonight. I have the insomnia lifestyle more nights than not myself and know the difficulties it creates. I often just get up and exercise but think it is better to do as you did and opt to stay in a resting position and go for rest if sleep isn't available. Old movies are a good idea. Sometimes I watch the retro TV channels and think it is fun to see the old noir type TV shows.
Also ate more cals than planned but nothing crazy, and did get exercise in. Do likewise wish everyone a good day here in the palace or out and about in the universe. Woot! |
Addendum and warning, long, fantasy ridden postie with complex silly syntax, lol, as had been thinking about the scale and how some folks continue to tell me it isn't important what I weigh or what the scale says.
This be Day 143 o' the backward count to that auspicious day I will weigh 125 pounds, but we hope to get to the goal sooner, e'en though we are moving sloooooooowly!! Well, we here in the Land o' the Sort of Really a Desert With Buildings did do the rain dance and pray for relief last night from the 117 degree temperature. The heavens did indeed let loose a teeny bit o' sturm 'n drang, starting west of ME, Queen & Empress o' Her World, in the towns where she used to work and FINALLY, apparently hittin' her local neighborhood with a microburst, too, as this mornin' was wet outside, a chair from her porch was halfway across the yard, the trash dumpster was upside down and things were cooler out there. Won't take it long to heat up again but nice. Waiting for a friend to pick ME (just me lol) up to go to the trails. Have been talking to Diet Wise Woman, who said, as she doth say every week about this time, that she would walk with me ALL THE REST O' THE WEEK and remind (nag) me to watch the caloric intake as the SACRED CEREMONY O' THE GOLDEN SCALE O' DIETARY JUSTICE was taking place in three days' time and NOT having a calorie overage at this point AND sticking to Rule Number 1 (no sugar) would be the best idea in order to ensure that the ONE, TRUE GOLDEN SCALE said nice things to us all on that glorious ceremonial weigh-in mornin'! She asked that ME reminds herself that no one in the virtual or nonvirtual universe inhabited by ME could jinx this fun focus on healthy weight by negativity and saying how unimportant the scale is because to ME the scale is actually EXTREMELY important. See, here it is! The GOLDEN SCALE o' DIETARY JUSTICE is one essential piece o' data for ME because, having once weighed a great deal more ON THE SCALE and not liking that much, ME is pretty vigilant about it. ME knows that there are other things in life than the scale and other parameters of health and fitness than the scale. ME pays attention to those things and puts them in context with THE SCALE. But the scale data helps ME to manage MY weight to a point where MY joints do not ache, where MY knees will not hurt if I want to run, where MY clothes will fit and WHERE I know I am not on any unhealthy roads back to insulin resistance and obesity and am on the road to fitness, healthness and looking fab in jeans and little capri pants. Yay!!!! Woot! Huzzah! Welladay! Hocus Pocus Focus Focus! Constant Vigilance (against caloric overages) is NOW IN EFFECT! It always is but NOW ME IS SERIOUS! It. Is. Manifest. |
Well, things are rocky here waiting for some news on some elderly folk who are facing challenges and for whom I care and wish well.
Naetheless, the streakity goes on and I've updated. It is hot here again (big news lol) and I've started a healthy cooking challenge elsewhere online and have already eaten my delicious favorite lean and green meal of roasted salmon and Brussels sprouts. Not eating sugar except for a few coconut fruit bars that do contain added sugar. Scanning the skies for scale angels but they probably aren't coming in to Phoenix this week due to the heat so I'm on my own, ending the eating day quite low, just to be sure. REALLY want a loss or a maintain, feeling verra blah and a loss or a maintain would be cheery lol. FRIDAY: August 10, 2012, Day 320 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 120 min walking, 15 min pilates, total streakity streak minutes so far 23,185 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) THURSDAY: August 9, 2012, Day 319 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 90 min run/walk, total streakity streak minutes so far 24,050 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) |
Wishin' a good morrow to all Royals wherever they may wander this mornin'! Woot!
Well, as to Am2, it is about counting today! In addition to the backward countdown to December 30 at which time Am2 will weigh 125 pounds, AND the count of the streakity streak, which is open-ended and probably boring to everyone but Am2, there is a NEW count and this is Day 1 of being sugar free. To explain: Sugar free means to ME consuming no to minimal sugar of any kind except that incidental in food. It does NOT mean swearing off foods useful in a low glycemic diet, such as whole grains, fruits and vegetables. This is NOT a low carb "diet" or really a diet at all. My diet is still a low calorie, low glycemic rational way of eating to lose and/or maintain the correct weight for my purposes in life. In the past I lost a whole lotta weight over a long period of time. During that time I ate sugar of all kinds but eventually hit upon a little old-fashioned and somewhat controversial "diet" called Sugar Busters. I have to say I modified the heck outta that diet as, well, I do things my way and always will do things my way so t'is no use discussin' THAT lol. BUT the funny thing is after I stopped doing Sugar Busters, I did fine losing more weight, felt fine, etc., lost briefly down to 117 pounds after an accident two years ago, but I don't want to be 117 pounds. Well, I do but it is too hard to maintain. So I was eating sugar and donuts and cake and controlling blood sugar, doing fine, having occasional treats, BUT the kicker is that SUGAR hates me. Yes, people, it does. Sugar messes with my mind, ages my skin (okay no spring chicken here and I love to be out in the Arizona sun so that is what ages the skin but sugar helps). BUT the main thing is that lately I have not been able to control sugar at all. It WANTS ME BACK!!!! When I don't control sugar, I can't control calories. Now, as we all know, the concept of calories being the main factor in weight control is a matter of opinion. My opinion is that it IS the main factor. BUT as I have said, there are factors that impact that calories in/out equation and a low glycemic diet, for me, is one of those factors, AND I can't eat a low glycemic diet if I am eating sugar (as I define it). That about covers it. I am going back on modified Sugar Busters forever in conjunction with counting calories as I always have. Sugar Busters does not count calories, but I disagree. Actually I don't know anybody who does Sugar Busters anymore, there are a lot of rules and things you can't eat besides sugar, and IN FACT, you CAN eat sugar on Sugar Busters. It is impossible not to eat sugar if you eat food. Again, I am now SUGAR FREE AS I DEFINE IT! I do know that there is a Sugar Busters forum on 3FC, have not been there for a long time because really I follow only a modified version of that way of eating. So in addition to it being Day 141 of my backward count to December 30 by which date I will have reached 125 pounds, this is Day 1 of my forward count of being SUGAR FREE AS I DEFINE IT! Had a glorious morning of exercise with some friends who brought this clarity to me about the sugar waffling I've been doing. Lol, have been wanting my cake and my 125 pounds too. It doesn't work for me. Works for some people but sugar kills my diet mojo and my health mojo and a whole lotta mojo that I've got going for moi and it makes me a little crazy. It. Is. Manifest. SATURDAY: August 11, 2012, Day 321 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 60 min weights, 60 min jog, total streakity streak minutes so far 23,305 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) |
No time fer a lotta blather as have places to go and people to see! Whee! THE FACTS: After a 7-week streak of scale losses, ME (just me) gained .2 but kind of happy because waist measurement is DOWN an amazing inch this week from last. Also happy with measurement GAINS in upper and lower arm as really need those muscles to grow and have been lifting heavier to make that happen and yes we know there's no spot "toning" but the biceps and forearm muscles are stronger and larger by a teeny amount and we need that.
Happy also with the proof (not for the first time of my calories in/out theory. Proves calories count also as the average daily calorie count (the only one that is meaningful to me) was higher than in the eight previous ones by approximately 90. That is theoretically an approximate .25 pound (700 calories), which proves my plan and calorie tracker are both giving me the right numbers to aim for. DID run/walk another virtual 5k today and took 4 minutes off the still lol SLOW time. Running stronger, though. Clothes fitting better, although really that proves nothing because my clothes are always a little stretchy and comfy. I am strong, I will get below 138 NEXT week. This is Day 2 of sugar free. I am just your average little old lady bodybuilder. I am QUEEN OF MY UNIVERSE! So sing me no sad songs for .2! I love to lose on the scale but the weigh-in was a good one and my motivation is very high. I will get to below 138 next week. Diet Wise Woman has reminded ME that we do have a lunch planned with someone in the town where I used to work and that it does need to be planned out in our wee little head what we will eat that is low calorie in that restaurant (okay, nothing is low calorie in that restaurant lol, so we'll settle for no sugar and putting the calories in the context of our overall calorie budget). The special scale angel that was going to help me out with the weigh-in was late because she was playing golf. These scale angels love to come to Phoenix as there is a lotta golf here and scale angels like golf a lot. She said no worries, she'll be back in seven days and bring friends! WE NEED FRIENDS but if no friends are around, WE NEED US! ME, I really need just me to stay on course and feel happy with my success. Manifestos. |
Hmmm, started getting the streak all messed up in my personal log of it, here it is since Saturday:
Hmmm, lied when I said I would not be back until Sunday. Noticed when I did my streak log (I've been up exercising WAYYYYY before dawn due to the heat) that it was all messed up as I hadn't logged one of the days in my records. Saw I hadn't posted it, though so here it is from Saturday on. Will only be updating this once a week on the journal to preclude confusion: TUESDAY: August 14, 2012, Day 324 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 15 min walk, 60 min weights, total streakity streak minutes so far 23,515 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) MONDAY: August 13, 2012, Day 323 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 45 min walk, 15 min pilates, 15 min jog, total streakity streak minutes so far 23,440 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) SUNDAY: August 12, 2012, Day 322 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 60 min run/walk, total streakity streak minutes so far 23,365 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) I am on Day 138 of my backward count and day 4 of sugar busters |
Woot! I call this DAY 137/5 ... that is Day 137 of the backward count to my goal day (December 30) AND Day 5 of Sugar Busters (my modifications of it, actually, but the point is I am SUGAR FREE ... or as close as an eating person can be ... whee). Was verra troubled yesterday and confused by life (and HOT, it was 111 degrees out and my house only has half of the rooms with A/C lol). WAS thinkin' on SUGAR and how nice A LOTTA SUGAR would be (whee), encased in a donut from Wally World, with icing and creme and all that jazz! Am eating some artificial sweeteners at the moment. Sugar Busters does not forbid them and though I don't want to add a lot of that into my life, it is helping me over the SUGAR FREE MOUNTAIN right now. An interesting thing today is that I put half of a packet of sucrolose (a popular no cal sweetener, they like to call it "natural" but t'is NOT natural) in my steel cut oats and realizing that sucralose in packets has carbs and thus is NOT zero calorie, I used my phone diet tracker's barcode and scanned for calories. It had 3 calories, so I added that to my tracker. I AM TRYING TO LOSE A LITTLE WEIGHT, FOOD MANUFACTURERS lol!!! Do not LIE to me and say something has no calories when it has 3. It might make no difference to me because I use so little of that product, but if an Innocent Diet Lass should happen by who uses that product even a few times a day, those calories would add up and over time detract from the weight loss effort and the poor Innocent Diet Lass would not even know what the problem was and would assume she was to blame somehow. Anyway, re SUGAR, only craved it last night and held tight! Kept calories at 1560 (the old Sugar Busters plan that I am loosely following yet again and I LOVE that plan, btw, I just like to modify it a little, says not to count calories but I am a calorie counter at heart and am counting every single one). This morning, I find a big drop in inflammation and thus water weight (I think, I don't weigh daily), plus felt really GOOD! Here be the streakity: WEDNESDAY: August 15, 2012, Day 325 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 15 min walk w/weighted vest, 90 min walk, 15 min pilates, total streakity streak minutes so far 23,527 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) AM THINKIN' T'IS ALMOST AUTUMN AND THAT MEANS I WILL MORPH INTO DIET WITCHIEPOO OR THE DIET HALLOWEEN HAG SOON! Can't wait! Feeling so happy today and finding clarity and good omens everywhere. Wishing all who inhabeth this palace or lurk outside the doors and windows or are on palace vacation or who have EVER been a royal denizen of this place (woot) a good day! Yay! |
Warning: Long and Silly, Enter at Own Risk
Wootness, Royals, so hopin' ye are doin' fine in your royal wandering about the world this beautiful day. Have an update on the status o' Am2, aka Just Me. :carrot: This mornin' early, ye see, ME was putterin' around the Spiffy & Fabulous Fitness Spa and Diet Sanctuary as t'was raining outside. ME lifted weights and walked in the rain a little. So we were putterin' and as always sleep deprived from royal insomnia. Thereupon a whooosh and a "cackle" was heard in the environs o' the kitchen window, which happened to be open to catch the cool rainy mornin'!! The next second, WHO should fly through said window but ME's old friend, Hago the Halloween Hut, a diet wise witchiepoo, that ME had known for years. YES, it being only August, ME was surprised as well. Witchiepoo began mutterin' that IT WAS ALMOST AUTUMN and as usual, SHE, HAGO was organizing a Weight Loss Challenge and ME was invited to participate. ME said she would participate. Hago asked ME to name a goal for the Sunday weigh-in on October 28, the week of Halloween. ME said she would set a goal to lose down to 132 by or on that date. Hago said fine. She then whoosed back out the window. ME checked her calendar for the current day. She found it to be Day 135 of the backward count to IDEAL WEIGHT GOAL DAY, Day 7 of the forward count from the day ME became SUGAR FREE, and now Day 72 of the backward count to the October 28 Hago Halloween Weight Loss Challenge. ME said, "Woot," and took a nana nap! End of story. :wizard::broc::celebrate::dust::coffee2: |
News Flash: Am2 hath been crowned QUEEN O' THE EARLY, EARLY ON (English folk song, "Oh, the big ship sails in the early, early on--the early, early on; oh, the big ship sails in the early, early on, on the last day o' Sep-TEM-ber!).
Am is feelin' like the Queen o' Early today as she DID already get up, do an EARLY weigh-in (scheduled for 9 a.m. but she'll be ON THE MARCH by then) and DID lose .2 pound, sorta yayish about this as had a VERY VERY VERY BAD DAY yesterday and ate 2250 calories, so getting on scale in the wee hours and having a little loss, EVEN IF it was only a loss o' the .2 gained last week and thus a MAINTAIN, was awesome. Waiting for a neighbor to walk and run with and hoping also some other neighbors will also walk today. Have to do it early in the mornin' in the heat, although actually t'is coolish here (for here) but awfully humid humid humid (for here)! Enough weather talk. Best wishes to all royal folk who are on or ever have been on this thread. Woot! |
Just popping in to say good-night, Royal Ones.
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Good night, Royal Ones!
Hope all is well wherever thou be. Had a difficult day but it turned out pretty well. |
Huzzah, royals!
Am2 hath spent the insomniac night rearranging her magickal goal numbers, the formula for today being: 11/48/68/96/131 Lol, that is the 11th day of Sugar Freedom, the 48th day in the backward count to a new goal of weighing in at 135 on September 30, the 68th day in the backward count to the Halloween Challenge at which time Am2 will weigh 132 pounds and Hago the Halloween Hut will come to the weigh in and cackle: "I knew ye could do it!" ... and the 96th day in the backward count to a new November 25 goal of weighing in at 129 pounds AND THE EXTANT BACKWARD COUNT TO AM2'S DECEMBER WEIGH-IN ON THE FIRST SUNDAY FOLLOWING THE WINTER SOLSTICE/MAYAN PROPHECY (Am2 doesn't think time or the world will end at that time so she'll still be hre) AND THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS AND THE LAST SUNDAY OF 2012, at which time AM2 WILL WEIGH 125, HER IDEAL WEIGHT! It. Is. Manifest. Have a good day all! |
Huzzah and hello, dear royal ones!!! Hope all are as well as Am2 am this mornin' ... been up since before dawn but did take a wee nap earlier. Did weights and DO have a teeny morning temp job. It was my intention to take most of August and September off from work entirely but the occasional job contract can be an enjoyable break and I happen to know this office where I will be doing a project for a few hours and they are all so nice, so I'm happy.
Dealing with many negative things lately that I am busy busy busy turning into positives, 'cause folkettes (think the royals on this team are all "ettes" but the same goes for royal gents as well) methinks negativity gets us nowhere in the journey of life and positivity more and more washes over me as I age and cancels out anger, depression, alienation and WEIGHT GAIN. Lol, I do better on the weight journey when I quash negative interactions and thoughts as they occasionally arise. Been thinking durin' the long night watch about how awhile ago I came to a conclusion that while friends and supporters are great to have, and I know who my friends and supporters are and are not, the best support is to be a friend to myself. Wootness! My streakity goes on and I may post it here now in digest form, will probably just be back on weigh-day lol! Love those weigh-days! Sometimes. |
Grateful for waking up early yet again so as to have time for peaceful reflection. Life is good and there is a need to focus on only the positive side of things because peace and positivity live longer than anger and negativity.
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Huzzah, kind and gentle royals, hope all is well with all of ye.
Just a fly by to let ye know that Am2 did lose .4 this week and is still ON THE MARCH to her goal. The streakity continues but have decided not to post it here, takes up a little too much room. Woot! |
hi am2! congrats on royal march on down the scale!! you have been doing great, empress! woot! what you have been saying regarding positivity
being important definitely rings true with me, and it is always such a good reminder for me. --and salutations to all our royals, both near and far! trying to not drive myself nuts over being on long plateau, and hang in there with food plan. so far, so good, anyway. well, just realized had not been in palace for far too long, and wanted to say hello, and have been thinking of you. (i have rotator cuff issues with both shoulders, and one has been very troublesome of late,so even typing has been kind of painful.) well, speaking of which, will need to away for now. will be back much sooner, rather than later, though. take care, one and all, dear queenlies! |
Huzzah, Wsw is in the palace! It is so nice to see you here and thanks for the congrats.
Hoping that plateau breaks soon for you and the pain from the rotator cuff issues gets better. Joining you in salutations to all royals, near and far. Woot! |
thanks for the good throughts, am2! :)
ate more cals than usual today, but didn't go too wild, at least. i think plateauing did get to me a bit today, i guess, but did at least get in some extra exercise. tomorrow, i will be back to my usual calorie level. well, i hope a good evening is being had by one and all royals. |
hi am2! thinking of you, empress. and hello to all our lovely royals in and around the palace. got a lot of errands and appointments today, but just wanted to stop in quickly and check in. hanging on to meal plan by a dainty fingernail, but hanging on, nevertheless. also keeping up with exercise plan though have had to adjust it a bit to accomodate shoulder issues. well, hope a good day is being had by one and all. take care. |
Hope your day was a good one, Wsw!
I had a nice day with a true, blue friend and managed to shop, talk and eat my way through nicely, without overdoing calories. Exercise was a walk. To all royals, here in the palace or wanderin' the world, hope it was a good day likewise. Woot, very tired. :wave: |
Woot! Gained a pound but not discouraged! Lol, happens every third week on this round of regain loss. I'm winning but on the scale's schedule, not mine.
Greetings to all royal ones! Huzzah! |
glad you had a nice time with a true, blue friend the other day, and huzzah for not overdoing calories too. sometimes going out for meals with friends can be hard for me. i sure understand how scale has its own schedule. you sure are winning! woot! hope you are having a good labor day holiday, am2. got to see friends the other day with 2 adorable kids who are 3 and 15 months old. it really was a joy. things going ok op and exercise-wise. hope all is well with all our royals. |
Congrats on staying op and good on exercise, Wsw! Happy you had a chance to see friends with little ones and had a fun time.
I am starting my sugar free count again and logging it privately as I now am doing with the streak. Just easier. Starting over because realized I did have dessert yesterday with sugar in it. Still committed to sugar freedom, though. Not upset when I have a lapse Wsw, I AM having a nice holiday and hope the same for you and our royal friends. Woot! |
Hello my friends,
Empress, thanks so much. Its hard to find words but its good to know you are here, keeping the light bright. Wsw, am so glad to see you were able stop in a few times. I am so glad. I took a break from new plan as a someone dear died. I have learned so much from her, especially, how much power we give ourselves when we are honest. When I have more words, I will tell you more about her as she is truly a Royal (although I don't ever think she worried about needing to lose weight). I have been trying to come by and bring my love for a few days but just now, found a preview of the new Jesse Cook album. ( I subscribe to his updates on FB). And remembered how I would have never known of Jesse if it wasn't for this page and knew I had to come and share. It's free! *************** Exclusive early-bird listen to The Blue Guitar Sessions on CBC Music!! http://music.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2012/9/L...uitar-Sessions ************************ Thanks for being here, I always wonder why I stay away so long. And now, I am going to heat up my Buddhist Delight for supper. Guess its progress there's leftovers from yesterday! |
Thank you so much for sharing that music, Kaylets!
Hugs and so sorry to read of the passing of your dear one!! To Wsw and all royals about and within the palace here, huzzah! Brain is a blank right now or would post something profound or clever but a nana nap is in my near future! |
Hmmm, not really going to post this log in detail on the internet anymore lol but sometimes need a motivational boost just for MOI (that would be ME, Queen, Empress, Mistress of All She Surveyeth, Und So Weiter) so will update the numbers by posting the latest entry now and then!
FRIDAY: Sept 7, 2012, Day 347 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 60 min yoga, 15 min strength, 30 min walk, total streakity streak minutes so far 25,285 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!) |
Brevity post as t'is a busy Sunday in Am2 Land. The plucky diet lass Am2 did have a maintain at 138.6 and to be honest she AM as happy as a CLAM, if a clam could be said to have emotions, probably it does not, but anyway ... Calories and exercise were good this week, just need a little tweek. She will have a loss when next at the scale she doth peek.
A maintain is nature's way of saying the bod is doing everything right for weight loss but resting a bit before it starts. |
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