The Worldlies Are Burning Up Calories In The Aug. Heat(August Thread)
 

I came to post in this thread and saw that there wasnt a new one so I thought I would make a new one for us, I hope everyone likes the title for Aug.

Laura ~ Thats cool that you still have cd's you want to get on the computer so you can put them on your cell phone's MP3. I will definitely enjoy my walks today.

Michelle & Susie ~ Thanks, Im looking forward to the first session on Thursday.

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I woke up at 5:00 AM this morning so chances are I'll definitely take a nap before we go run errands at 2:00 pm today but anyway so far today I've done my everyday morning duties and now Im just watching t.v and posting on here and on 2 other forums while ripping cd's to the computer so I can put them on my MP3 Player and thats all Im doing right now. I'll get my 30 min outside walk in this morning and I'll get my 5 mile walk in tonight as well.

Good morning everyone. Just popping in to say Hi. It's bright and sunny in Ohio today. I posted a long post on our July thread last night, just in case you want to read it.

Today we are getting an oil change in the car, going to see the movie about James Brown and trying a new rootbeer stand. Last day of vacation for me--I have so enjoyed my week off!

Terra: Thanks for starting the new thread--I love the title! 5:00 a.m. is early to get up! I only get up at close to that time (5:30 a.m.) when I'm working. My normal get up time on the weekends is between 7:30- 8:00 a.m.
Enjoy your nap later on today and doing your errands.

Hello to everyone else! Have a great day!

Susie ~ Thanks, Im glad you love the title of the Aug. thread. Yeah 5 am is early to get up but I couldnt fall back to sleep so I decided just to get up. I love running errands so I'll definitely enjoy it. I normally get up any time between 7 am and 9 am. I usually cant sleep past 9.

Good morning everyone,

Terra - thanks for setting up the new thread. It's August - we should be sweating! Except for Shad of course. ;)

I'm a tiny bit concerned we may be in for another dreadful winter like last year. :yikes: I told DH that the hummingbirds were swarming - that means they are in a frenzy to drink up and get as much food as they can before they start their long trip south. He said he felt we just had a lot of birds but sure enough, yesterday their numbers dropped substantially. We still have quite a few but they were drinking 8 cups of sugar water - yes - 8 for 4 feeders a day at their peak. He said it's too early for them to leave - they should be here until almost the end of September but I said nature and instincts tell them what to do, not the weather channel. ;) He's pulling out the cucumber plants - they are not doing well with 40 degree temperature swings between night and day. I'm so glad I didn't put in a garden this year although I will have a huge job of clearing weeds when I get back.

Sorry I haven't been posting much - I have been heads down trying to get everything I need to completed before I leave next week. 6 days and counting up busy. I did get my pension buyout papers. An extremely cheap and disappointing buyout but the company has changed hands 3 times in 16 years and I am tired of chasing them and will have to do so for the next 5 years if I continue to leave my money there. So I'll take it and hope DH can grow it into something decent. Pity how companies expect loyalty and give very little back to the employees. :mad:

Anyway... Laura I am sorry to hear of your plumbing issues. We had to deal with the exact same thing in 2003. You are right about the sewer pipes busting up. We had a tree right by the pipe and we suspected the roots broke the pipe but the plumber said it just died of old age. With us I noticed soap suds in the window well after I had washed dishes. At least you didn't have a huge basement mess although it is quite inconvenient and costly too - on your dime as insurance does not pay anything towards it. Glad the weight loss numbers worked in your favor too.

Michelle - have a good time at the wedding celebration this weekend.

Shad - sounds like you have your work cut out for you now that you are back home again. At least you have some tomatoes to give you sustenance ;) :lol: I'm sure you'll make quick work of getting things in order again. Sorry to hear about the plumbing woes. Hope it is not costly.

Annie - hope the interview went well.

Ceejay - take some time to enjoy yourself on the weekend.

Susie - glad you had a good time on vacation although you sound as if you were busy every minute. It sure went by fast, didn't it?

I have to get ready for my afternoon shift. I wasn't going to go in by my partner got sick with bee stings last week and wasn't able to make it in and we wanted to spend some time together before I leave so I said I'd come in.

Happy August everyone - hope this will be a successful month for us. I finished out the month 9 pounds down - hit 10 but then I had a salty dinner yesterday.

Terra - Thanks for setting up the thread. We're definitely sweatin' here in the upper 90s in Northern CA.

Susie - Enjoy the movie.

Happy - Good that you got your pension buyout. Your DH is smart. He'll find a way to make the most out of it. Have a good afternoon at the shop. I imagine you have a lot to check off your to do list before you go.

Hello Eveyrone. We have a rainy morning here in Ohio. DH is about to do the grocery shopping and I will clean the kitchen, bathroom and dust two more rooms.

We really enjoyed the movie yesterday. The new rootbeer place that we tried was ok. We still like the one that we usually frequent in the summer better.

I plan to get on the treadmill today for 30 min as well. I'm toying with signing up for a 4 mile walk in October. It's a race and there is a 4 mile walk as well as a half and full marathon. You can run or walk and for me it is all about doing my personal best. It is for Women only. I can register by the middle of September. I told myself that if for the next 3 weeks I stick to a training schedule of doing the treadmill 3 times a week and the bike of ellipitcal 1 time a week for at least 30 min I will sign up. I haven't done a organized race over a year and so I think it might be time.

Michelle: Sounds like it is pretty warm in your part of CA. Stay cool!

Happy: You do have a lot to get done before you leave on your trip. I think you are the most busy retired person I know! :)

I'm sure your husband will do well with your retirment investment options and you will have the peace of mind that you don't have to chase the funds all over the place if/when the former employeer keeps being sold or changing the group that is handling it.

It was interesting to hear about the humming birds. I hope we won't have a early/long winter but I keep telling my DH that most days, it feels like late September here instead of early August. I have enjoyed the cooler summer days and nice evenings but I sure don't want a long winter.

I best get busy and get some things done. Have a great day everyone.

Happy ~ Yeah I agree we should be sweating, Since Shad lives in another country is that why she wouldnt be sweating? Just wondering. I used to know a woman who had a condition that caused her not to sweat ever. I wish I didnt sweat when working out but then again how would I know if I was burning calories if I didnt sweat you know?

Michelle ~ Your welcome, Yeah its been pretty hot here in Kansas too.

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I woke up at 10 AM this morning which I havent done in a long time I usually get up anywhere between 7 am and 9 am, I usually cant sleep past 9 but I sure did today. So far today I've done my morning duties like always and I just got done eating breakfast, Now Im just watching t.v and posting on this forum and on 2 other forums, I havent didnt do my morning 30 min walk this morning since I didnt get up until 10 am and Its too hot already at 10 am but I'll still get my 5 mile walk in this evening and I'll make sure I get up at 6 am tomorrow so I can go walk by 8 am tomorrow morning.

This is a quiet place. I was getting to many pop ups on this sight at work.
I worked an extra day on Friday and thought I may have to work today but luckily didn't have to. My co-worker's son was involved in a wreck on Thursday afternoon. Thankfully he's okay, cut's and bruises.
Went to Jonesboro today mainly to eat fish at my favorite place and stopped by Bed bath and beyond. Didn't find what I was looking for which was a new garbage can that was a certain size.
Got back home this afternoon needing a nap so I laid down on the couch and slept till 8 p.m. Thought I had overslept for work tomorrow.
It's late so I'll try to post more tomorrow.

Where is every one?

Hello, hello. Sorry guys. Head down, working on stuff. Forgot to come here.

Ceejay - sometimes I seem to get a deeper sleep when I take a nap. Hope that didn't interfere with your regular sleep cycle for the night. I'm with you on the garbage can hunt - why is it so hard to find a decent trash can? And the prices of some of them are just insane.

Terra - Joy lives "down under" and on the other side of the world from us. So her seasons are the opposite of ours. When we are in summer, she is in winter. The craziest thing to me is that she celebrates Christmas in the middle of summer. :dizzy: I suppose when that is what you are used to, that's normal - right? Christmas with no snow just isn't Christmas. ;) I don't like to sweat (intensely) either but I feel sorry for that woman who can't sweat at all. That is dangerous as her body doesn't have a way of cooling itself off. How is your quilt coming along?

Susie - how fun that you are doing the race walk. That is on my bucket / ambition list too - to do a walking 5K. I think it's great to train on the treadmill and then get some practice in on uneven terrain on the walking paths. Glad that you were able to enjoy your vacation, even if it did zoom quickly by. I'm not sure if I am the most busy retired person :^: but I know that I sure do enjoy my "busyness" a whole lot more than my work busy. :rofl: I still tend to not get to the things (like stacks of books to read) or drawing or writing that I should be doing. I think I will leave that for winter in the house activities and then I don't get to it. :dizzy: Must plan my life better :lol: I hope you got all your housework done. That's nice that DH helps with the grocery shopping. I cringe to think what we'd be eating if DH did the shopping although he is very good about going and picking up things if I give him a specific list. He's just not good at off the cuff thinking of things to cook.

Michelle - hope that you are having a great time at the wedding fun this weekend. Hope they had a nice ceremony and reception. Are you up to dancing? :lol:

Annie - saw your post on FB :( :hug: I can only imagine how sad and frustrating this whole job hunt is going for you. I hope you do not let it get to you and start to doubt yourself. I don't EVER remember the job hunting being as bad as it is now. So many people competing for very little to offer. Don't take it personal, it's the hard times we are facing. Try to direct your energies to good things and the kids although I know kindness does not pay the bills or buy food. Still sending you good thoughts. :hug: :hug:

Laura - are you busy outside in the garden? I am having a very difficult time getting people to commit to specific things on my trip so that I can firm up plans. Everyone is like... we will decide when you get here or see what the weather is like. :dizzy: I am still hoping we can meet up in OB. I guess I will have to call you when I get there. Would you rather do a weekend over a week night? Does Sunday work for you? I hope the plumbing issues got fixed.

Same for you Shad - is everything taken care of? Welcome home. Are you hot now? :lol: Weather must be much warmer at home. How is Sunday the cat reacting to you? Is she rather indifferent now that you've been away?

I am making headway on my to do list. So far I don't have to be in panic mode which is good. DH wants to go to Minneapolis to take pictures of a live butterfly exhibit they have at the zoo. I told him I am not comfortable with him going away so far when I am not at home. If something (God forbid) happened to him on the road, the cats would be abandoned. Call me stupid but I do worry about stuff like that. So he agreed to go while I am still here as the exhibit will close the weekend I return. That gives me almost an entire day to bat things out which is good for me. Sometimes you can get a lot done when you are by yourself, even if the other person is not bothering you.

It sure was chilly last night. Hot during the day - DH was worn out from doing yard work but I went to bed with a light blanket and woke up in the middle of the night curled in a tight ball (which was not comfortable) because I was so cold. So I got another blanket and went to sleep. 89 during the day, 42 at night is rather drastic temperature swings. Like living in the desert. Anyway I should get busy here. Tomorrow is going to be a super busy day for me - lots of errands to run, I have my 2 hour shift standing out and begging for donations for our tag day fundraiser so I'm not sure if I will get in here in the morning - most likely not. But will catch you on the other side. I do feel bad that I sent some copy for an article and a mention for Tag Day in our local paper and it did not appear. I thought I was careful with the email address and darn if I didn't put an extra double LL in the name (misspelled). :mad: I am rather ticked that it did not kick back as undeliverable. Given the circumstances I did not want to bug the newspaper people but I should have just dropped the paper copy off at the newspaper office. I am mad at my stupid mistake. Oh well I hope it does not affect our donations.

Anyway, happy Sunday to you all.

Morning all,
Been busy round here. The weather is 'interesting' as it has been hot (up to 30C) during the day and around 4C at night. We expect 20C drops at night but not the 30 during the day. 23 or 24C is more normal.
So yes I have been busy - cutting the hedge, doing some gardening, poisoning the weeds, cleaning the house, paying bills and thinking about my taxes. Not a pretty thought.

Miss Puss is very happy to be home. She is eating better and drinking some water and purring, dribbling and dropping fur all over the bed. Apparently I am very good for sleeping on top of and she is never amused when I need to change position in the bed.

Today - since it has rained overnight I might just go down the road and do some shopping for garden plants and then come home to dig over the garden. The laundry is up to date and I just need to sweep and wash the floor in the house. So I guess it might be time to get into it. I also need to make appointments for dentist, eyeman and vet.

So I won't do personals just now. Will try for later. Gotta make hay while the sunshines (need it for mulch in the garden) and then other things will no doubt make themselves known.

See ya

Heading to bed her soon--but I have a load of towels to fold and put away.

We stayed close to home today and just relaxed. I took a nap from 2-4. It felt great! I love my Sunday naps.

I guess I'm ready to go back to work tomorrow--I was just getting used to being off.

We took a walk over to see DH's dad this evening. It's 10 min over there and then 10 min back. It was such a pretty evening so I said to DH, let's skip the treadmill and just walk over to visit your dad.

Terra: I think you slept in because you were up so early the other day. It's ok to get some extra sleep. Did you get your walks in?

Happy: My DH does all our cooking--he always has. We talk about what meals we would like for the week and then I make a list and off he goes to the store. He loves to grocery shop. He does get some items that weren't on the list but he does very well.

I know you feel badly for not getting the Tag day add in the newspaper but I'm sure you will still have a successful sale. Don't be so hard on yourself.

You should do a 5k! That is 3.5 miles I think. I LOVE doing them and just being around that "race" atmosphere. For most it is about doing your personal best and you feel amazing after you do it.

Ceejay: What size trash can are you looking for? I love to walk around Bed, Bath and Beyond.

Shad: It sounds like you are busy. Did you get some gardening done today?

Hi to Annie, Michelle and Laura.

Morning all,

Busy, busy day. Will be back tonight. Have a good one everybody.

Good morning ladies,

I'm going to keep this short and sweet (like me, at least the short part - LOL). Had a very busy weekend with all the wedding activities. The wedding was very nice. Yesterday, I ran some errands and went to the gym. I did 1/2 hour on the bike, worked with a personal trainer for 45 minutes, and then went to yoga class.

I just saw that Annie posted to the July thread that her interview with One America went well but she hasn't heard anything, and her interview with Wells Fargo was postponed until 11 am today. Since she's in the Eastern timezone, she's having her interview right now.

Annie - Sending you lots of positive energy, good vibes, prayers and got my fingers and toes crossed for you. :crossed;

I'll be back later for more personals.

Much love,

Morning all.

Terra – Thanks for starting another thread for us. I like the title!! :)

Michelle – How were all the wedding festivities? Are the bride & groom off on a honeymoon now? :love: If so, where did they go? Oh, and how’s your brother doing?

Annie – Keeping you in my thoughts and praying the right opportunity comes along for you. It’ll happen for you, I know it.

Susie – I’m glad you enjoyed that movie. I’ll have to get out and see it. I can’t make it to the movies with the girls on Tuesday, but maybe later this week bf & I can go see it. Don’t envy you going back to work after a full week off. Good luck with Mt. Email. Doing that 4 mile walk sounds like a good way to get motivated and the training will definitely get you moving more. Nice you got a walk in last night.

Ceejay – Glad you didn’t have to work another extra day – makes the weekend too short! Hope you find the right size trash can on a future shopping trip.

Happy – Trying not to think of winter, and maybe we should ban that word here!!! :D Probably a good thing you did a buyout on that pension, why keep having reminders of the poor treatment?? Re the big plumbing thing – we’ve known this was something we’d have to deal with eventually, and even though it was expensive, I’m glad it’s not hanging over our heads anymore. And I’m glad we dealt with it before it resulted in a big mess in the house. Re meeting up in OB when you’re in town, the weekends are filling up now, but I think I’m good for either the 23rd or 24th, otherwise, most weeknights would be good for me. Just let me know how it’s shaping up for you once you get here. Those are big temperature swings – definitely need to be prepared with extra blankets!! Good luck with the tag day frundraiser!! :goodluck: I think the presence of tag people on the street is what will remind people to donate, so don’t fret about the newspaper thing.

Shad – Sounds like you’re keeping very busy at home. No, no fun thinking of taxes. I felt very poor and “woe is me” last week because of the big plumbing bill and property taxes were was also due on the 1st. Bleh. Thank goodness for savings. We put the plumbing bill on the credit card so we can at least earn some points out of the deal. Glad kitty is happy to be back at home again with you. Sounds like you’ll be busy for a while yet. I need to get some lists going – not much got done this past weekend and there’s a whole lot that needs doing!!

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Sorry I was MIA all weekend. Saturday morning I went to Jazzercise. The gym floor was being redone, so we had class downstairs in the parish hall – they use it for bingo. I was pooped afterwards – got through the cardio part fine, but it was the strength portion that I struggled with.

I stopped at Trader Joe’s for a few things afterwards, then went home and showered and did a couple chores/errands before taking doggy in for his bath. We did the DIY bath at the grooming salon nearby and then we went home and I took another shower, LOL.

After that, it was off to my sister and BIL’s house for a cookout. Everything was wonderful, from the weather to the food & drink. But I did get stung by a wasp out on the deck…not too horrible, though you wouldn’t know it by the way I freaked out, LOL.

We got home around 8-ish and a I walked doggy around the block in the dark, him wearing his little clip-on light and me carrying a flashlight.

Yesterday I lazed around with my book and newspaper for the morning. I did one last load of laundry and I’m finally caught up (for the most part). Bf and I went out to eat at the Cheesecake Factory with a gift card, and then went to Lenscrafters to check out eyeglass frames. I didn’t see anything I liked, so I’d like to go to another place or two to check out other brands. I already looked a bit at Costco a couple weeks ago, but their selection is rather small. Too warm for the dog park, so it was another short-ish walk for doggy.

I discovered I left my sunglasses by my sister’s house on Saturday, but we will both be attending a wrap-up party on Tuesday evening for the Relay for Life fundraiser we were part of, so my sister will bring them with her then.
The boss is out today, so it’ll be quiet. I have work to do on our budget, so I will be busy with that and other things. Off to do them! TTFN!

I hate these pop up ads. Not sure it's the wok computer or this sight.
I'll be back later and see if my tablet will do the samething.

Best interview ever today at Wells Fargo.....I am hopeful for a change. Thank you for all the thoughtful prayers, thoughts and crossed items, even if they are unmentionable.

Love and Hugs

Happy ~ Thanks for explaining to me why Joy isnt sweating where she lives. Yeah Christmas just isnt Christmas without snow. Yeah I feel sorry for my friend also even though I didnt know it was dangerous not to sweat. I guess I learned something new today LOL.

Susie ~ Yeah thats probably why I slept in. No I didnt get my walks in yesterday but I'll be sure to get my evening walk in tonight and then I do my 30 min walk outside tomorrow morning and then Friday I'll start all over again, I dont walk in the mornings on Wed and Thursday cause thats when I have school but I still get my evening walk in on those days.

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I woke up later then I normally do, I woke up around 10:30 am but I still got my morning duties done for the day, Now Im just posting on here and on two other forums, Waiting for mom to get home so we can go to Dillions. As always the only plan I have for today besides going to dillions is to get my evening walk in tonight.

Annie - I am so glad to hear the WF interview went so well! It makes me smile to hear the optimism and hope in your voice! I'm praying for you, and crossing everything, that you get a great job offer soon. :hug: :hug:

I survived the 1st day back and it went pretty well. I'm down to 62 unread emails. I have read them, just to make sure there wasn't something that had to be done and I flagged them days that I can tackle them. Hopefully this weeks email won't be to heavy and by Friday I will be in a good place.

Also it helps knowing that come next Monday both my managers are in Asia for 2 weeks and that will free me up a lot. I do have a report and spreadsheet to put together. It's a new thing for me. The person who did it in the past moved to a new position and so I'm taking it on for my Director, it has to do with our headcounts. The previous person showed me how to run the reports and how the spreadsheet they kept worked. I just need to set it up for this year as well as the reports in the system. That I will tackle next week when they are gone.

I just finished a 2 mile walk on the treadmill. I got it done in 31 min. It feels great!

I had a little set back with food. I came home and I was just starved...I always am. I think it is a bit of hunger but I think it is the stress of working all day and when I come home I want something comforting to "settle" me. So I had a 3 peanut butter cookies and a glass of milk. I get upset with myself for doing that. I think that I will allow myself to do it but it has to be a Herbal Life shake. At least I will have good calories and protein. What do you think?

Michelle: What sort of workout did you do with the trainer?

Laura: You had a busy weekend and it sounds very active. Good for you! What book are you reading?

Ceejay: I don't get popup ads...I wonder why you are getting them? That would be annoying.

Terra: You are in a good routine with getting your walks in. You should be very proud of that.

Annie: I'm crossing everything and praying hard about the Wells Fargo interview. I know it's tough. :hug:

Hi Shad and Happy!

Susie ~ Thanks, I am proud of myself

Morning all,

Just 2 days left before I leave. Lots to do but I am getting stuff done at a comfortable pace so I am not worried about finishing. Tag Day went ok, a lot of people said no in a gruff voice - especially the ones with out of state license plates. DH said one guy was especially rude, said he had no money and came out of the store carrying 2 large bags full of booze. Like they said, you can't take no personally. Our relief workers did not show up for the last shift of the day. I am especially proud of DH - not the kind of thing he'd want to do and it was hard on him physically to just stand in one spot for 2 hours running. I hope they did well. We had nice weather unlike last year's soaking rains.

Not much else to say on my end here.

Susie - holy cow - 62 unread emails - and that's what's left :faint: :dizzy: You sure have a busy work life. Good for you for getting a treadmill walk in. I get where you are coming from walking in the door famished. I think you have to prepare ahead of time to grab something quick when you walk in the door - like peanut butter and an apple, or a bit of cheese and some grapes - something to satisfy but not ruin your appetite. Of course it would be better if DH had dinner waiting right when you walked in - or maybe a glass of wine ;) but that doesn't always work out that way. I would find when working if I had a light protein type snack around 4pm before I left for the day, the famished part stuff my face wasn't quite so bad. Part of it as you say is stress. The shake is a good idea, but may not satisfy the need to decompress. Try some "sassy water" - chilled water with slices of cucumber, a few mint leaves, lemon slices and some sliced fresh ginger. Let it chill in a pitcher and when you come home, pour a glass, put your feet up and take 10 minutes to wind down and catch up with DH and relax and leave the day behind you. In the winter you can swap for a cup of tea. I think you need a decompress type of routine when you get home if it's stress or a late afternoon snack if it's true hunger that is getting to you.

Terra - did you get anything at Dillions or just go window shopping?

Annie - hoping, hoping, hoping that you get a wonderful job offer. When things FINALLY get into place, I think you will understand why it took so long for the best thing to come into place. :hug: :crossed: :crossed: :cupgold::luck2you::angel:

Ceejay - very often my computer gets hung up on web ads too. Hate them and I never buy anything from the ads. Especially when they track my browsing history and show me stuff I ALREADY PURCHASED!!!!

Laura - ouch on the wasp sting! Those suckers hurt! But it's part of the outdoors experience. Good to know you are open to meeting on a weeknight - that gives us more options. I figured by the time you got off the train and drove over it wouldn't be worth it. Glad you and my sister are early to bed people - no late night partying here. :hat: :lol: Keep up with the strength training - one thing I can say is that we sure lose muscle tone fast as we age so it will be a big help if you can maintain that on a regular basis.

Welcome back home Shad. Glad Miss Sunday is happy you are home or maybe she is happy to be back in her palace. I trust you had a nice time visiting everyone? What a the plans for the short term? DH and I talked about one last big vacation in our lives. I said I'd love to have you show us around your part of the pond. Something we have to think about and plan very, very carefully but would be a few years out. I think he'd go crazy with the camera. So many wonderful things to see.

Michelle - glad you had a nice time at the wedding festivities. Now it's back to work. Keep up with the gym workouts!

I'm off to get things done myself. Have a good day everyone.

Good morning ladies,

I went to the gym last night and did 1/2 hour on the recumbent bike. It feels good to be back exercising again. Tonight, I have yoga class.

After the gym last night, I went to a weight loss surgery support group. What an excellent group! Along with a few other "pre-ops" (like me), there were people who were anywhere from 6 weeks to 10 years post-op. I picked up some good pointers on how to get enough protein, as that is what "post-ops" need to focus on. It's educational to hear patients' struggles, and it's very inspiring to hear their successes (getting off meds, being able to be more active, how they tackle challenges like dining out and vacations, etc.).

I've got 11 more pounds to lose before I can have surgery. I just have to keep moving and eat better. I mentioned to D's brother (who is one of our roommates) that I would be having abdominal surgery. He asked what for and I told him the truth. He's now made it his mission to help me lose weight without surgery. I really do appreciate his concern, and of course, if he comes up with suggestions that seem feasible I'll try them. That being said, my mind is made up on having the surgery. I've done a lot of research, and talked to several people who have had weight loss surgery, and not one person regrets it. I think it's the best option for me to lose weight, keep it off, and reclaim my health.

I'll try and get back for personals later. I've got a graphic design project to finish up.

Much love,

Morning all. :coffee2:

Happy – Glad the tag day went well and the weather was good for it. How crummy the relief workers didn’t show up, but how very nice your DH agreed to fill in. :) Glad a weeknight works for you as well because the August weekends are getting goofy for bf & I – juggling things around because we set a date for one thing, but forgot about a previously scheduled other thing, etc. Duh, it's called a calendar. :D Re the strength - or any type of fitness for that matter – it goes so quickly when you stop doing the exercise. I definitely have to get back into it. This morning I did a measly 10 knee pushups – what a struggle.

Susie – Wow, 62 unread e-mails, i.e. what was left after you went through all of them??!! :yikes: Congrats on surviving that. It’ll be nice when your managers are out of the office next week. I understand your food setback – I get upset with myself when I buy something crummy to eat on the train home from work, or eating mindlessly once I get home. I guess if every weeknight were spent the same, it would be easy to just get home and start preparing dinner right away and eat at a reasonable time. But we don’t do that either because one of us might be going to work out, or has a chore to do, or we just don’t have dinner planned. I think having a planned snack is a good idea so you just don’t end up with the first thing that catches your fancy. As for books I’m reading – nothing special lately. Though a firm book club date hasn’t been set yet, the book Gone Girl has been chosen because the movie is coming out in October. We read another Gillian Flynn book for book club and it was good, so I'm looking forward to this one.

Terra – You probably mentioned it already, but when do you start your fitness class? Have you cooked anything interesting in your cooking class lately?? :hun:

Annie – Glad your interview went well yesterday!! :)

Ceejay – Sorry you’re getting the pop-ups. I haven’t had that problem. I hope you can figure out what’s causing it. :?:

Michelle – I missed the part about working out with a trainer on Sunday. How was that? Good job on the workouts! You’re the workout queen! :queen: :D You’ve really done your homework and soul searching on this surgery decision - it’s very interesting how strongly some people feel about it one way or another.

Hi Shad!! :wave:

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Nothing much to report. It began raining right as I got off the train yesterday evening, so I was rather cold and wet when I got home – and that’s only a 5-6 block bike ride. Oh well. I don’t mind that much when it’s on the way home.

Tonight’s a wrap-up party for the fundraiser I participated in. I still haven’t decided if I will go home and go to the restaurant by car, or go straight from work (the train stops about a block from the restaurant). If I do the latter, I’ll have to watch the clock to get the train home, and then ride my bike home and it’ll likely be dark by then…okay, I’ll probably drive.

That’s it for me. Everyone have a good day!!.

I did several things to the work computer and wrote to Suzanne about it. Today this sight is back too normal on my behalf.
More good stuff. My co-worker finally picked up the furniture last night.

Michelle
You know what is right for you. Proud of you for doing all the exercise.

Happy
That was nice of DH to help out. I don't like people standing around asking for money either. But if it's for a good cause I will donate. Are you getting excited about your trip.

Susie
Talk about a mountain of email, you've had it. You sound like one that is very organized so things will go smoother.

Annie
I could shout from the roof tops. Fingers are crossed and good vibes are being sent.

Terra
Have you gotten your walks in for today? Have you worked on your t-shirt quilt anymore.

Seriously?! The cookies in the vending machine are calling my name. LOUDLY! And they aren't the lousy cookies either...these are delicious shortbread cookies with a dollop of jam on them. Sadly, I have to walk right by that evil machine every time I go to the bathroom...and with all the water and Crystal Light I drink...that's quite often. Sorry about the TMI.

I've had Greek yogurt, string cheese and an apple. I think my willpower can hold out for another hour (time to go home). Rats! I just heard someone pop the top on a soda, and even though I can have soda now, I'm trying to eliminate it because I can't have it after surgery (the bubbles can cause big time gas pain on a teeny stomach pouch).

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Annie - I'm definitely saying prayers and crossing everything that you get a great job offer soon. Don't get too angry about companies that don't hire directly from submitted resumes. Some companies (like the major tech companies out here) insist that you start as a contract/temp employee first so they can "try before they buy".

Terra - Some weekends I wish I could sleep in until after 10 am, but Santa always needs to potty by 8 am. If you have any good, easy, low-cal recipes from your cooking class, please share. This group LOVES recipes (even me - and I don't like cooking).

Susie - Nice that your managers will be out of the country for awhile starting next week so you can get caught up and maybe even get ahead on some projects. Good on ya' for doing so well on the treadmill! You and Terra are truly the walking queens! :queen: The workout I did with the trainer was all about strengthening the core and back (both upper and lower), along with other moves. He had me doing planks, squats, chest presses, shoulder presses, and the rowing machine. The gym offered a special on training sessions so I purchased a 10 visit package and I start next Wednesday. I usually plan for a snack or something right before I leave work or have something in the garage. Because by the time I go to the gym or run errands and then pick up Santa, I'm so hungry I make very poor choices. Sometimes I'll have a greek yogurt before I leave the office. Or a protein bar on the drive home.

Happy - I'm glad you're able to get your stuff done at a reasonable pace and are not frantic. As for tag day, I guess some people aren't charitable. I always tend to donate, especially where animals are concerned. So nice that your DH helped with the tag sale. The Shelter is very lucky to have you both. I'm considering volunteering as a dog socializer for a local shelter, but I'll probably wait until after my surgery. One of these days I'll have to make some of that sassy water. Especially after my surgery as it's vitally important for post-op patients to drink enough liquids (and soda, tea and lots of other beverages are not allowed).

Laura - I hope the wasp sting is doing better. Those are painful. I hope you and Happy can meet up while she's down there. Bravo for getting back into pushups. Don't be down on yourself that you did 10. That's 10 more than I can do. I'm going to start adding pushups and planks to my at home post-gym and dog park but pre-shower routine. You are right that so many people have such a strong opinion about weight loss surgery, and they think it's there duty to tell me because in their view I'm just making a foolish, desperate, drastic decision on a whim. I think I just need to be more selective about who I tell going forward. And once I start losing weight, if someone asks my "diet plan", I'll just say portion control and exercise, which is 100% true. Bummer you got caught in a rainstorm on the way home yesterday. Glad to hear you're going to drive to the restaurant tonight. Riding a bike in the dark is so dangerous. Cars just can't see you.

Shad - Are you enjoying time at home? Are you seeing much of DS2? So nice of Miss Puss to be happy to see you.

Ceejay - I'm so glad to hear your co-worker finally picked up the furniture. Must be nice to have the extra space.


Well, I'd better sign off. I've got a few more things to get done before I leave for the day.

Much love,

Happy ~ I bought a bus pass for 68 dollars and a bag of salad and alot of diet soda cause it was on sale.

Laura ~ I was gonna start it this Thursday but I think Im gonna wait and start it next Thursday. Nope we havent made anything interesting lately in cooking class, Last week we made Shi-Ka-Bob's...I dont know how to spell the actual word but Im sure you know what food Im talking about.

CJ ~ Nope I havent got my walks in yet, I dont walk outside on Tuesday morning cause we are usually busy in the morning but I'll be sure to walk outside tomorrow morning and I'll do my 5 mile walk tonight before bed.

Michelle ~ Yeah I usually cant sleep in too long because Clyde needs to go outside, We dont cook using recipes, The stuff we cook we already know how to cook, I dont know if thats defeating the purpose of cooking class or not but if even we dont cook something new we are still learning either way at least I think we are, Like one of the students are famous for using paper towels to clean the counters,stove and eating table when your suppose to use dish towels so your not using alot of the paper towels so he is learning not to use paper towels.

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I woke up at 7:00 AM, I let Clyde outside and then Mom and I went to her doctor's appointment and then we left her appointment around 10:00 AM and then we came back home to pick up my boyfriend Scott to take him to CD Trade post so he could try to get money for 2 dvd's but He forgot to put the dvd in one of his cases so he only got money back on one of the dvd's, We're gonna go back next Tuesday so he can get the money for his other dvd. I tried to get money from a dvd I had but they were only gonna pay me a dollar and some change when I bought the dvd for 15 dollars and some change so Im gonna keep my post on craiglist to try to sell the dvd for 10 cause I know I wont get 15 for it but oh well, If I get 10 back I'll be happy with that but I wasnt gonna give it to CD Trade post for a 1 and something when I paid 15 dollars and something for it. Anyway after CD Trade Post we came back home and cleaned house and then we made lunch and thats all we did today. I still need to do my 2 mile walk this evening which I will do for sure.

Hello!

I had a busy but good day at work today. My email is always insane. I came in to 91 new emails and when I left tonight I have them down to 57. It's like that for everyone. I'm so OCD that it really bothers me to have anything above 50 left in my inbox before I go home but I'm learning to just let it go. I've read them, but some of them I leave unread so I know I have to do something with them asap.

I came home, had a cup dry Fruit Loop cereal that I bought so when I come home I have something to just crunch and chew. Happy is right, for me it can be that I'm hungry but it is more about decompressing. So I ate that cereal, drank a glass of water and put my feet up for 15 min. After that I was ready to get on the treadmill and do my 30 minutes. Right now, I focusing on doing 30 min daily at least 5 days a week. I think I'm going to add a bit of strength training, 30 min 2 x a week and do that at lunch starting next week. With my managers out I will be able to get away for that amount of time and by the time they come back I should be in the habit.

I have trained them to expect me to always be at my desk when they need me but I talked to them both this week and let them know that I would be taking my lunch hours and that a couple days a week I would be in the gym. I told them I would flex the time I went if it was very busy or a big meeting going on but most of the time I would be gone from 11:30-12:30.

Happy: I hope you and Laura can meet up..what fun that will be for the both of you! Your DH is a special guy to help with the tag sale..it's because he loves you! :D

Michelle: Your training session will help you get that 11 lbs off. Were you able to say no to those cookies?

Ceejay: I am happy to hear the popups are not happening for you anymore and that the furniture is gone. What will you do with the empty space?

Terra: Do you take the bus a lot? How was your walk today?

Laura: What did they do for the wrap-up party for the fund raiser and did you end up going? Be proud of yourself for doing those 10 knee pushups. Many people are just sitting on their couch doing nothing.

Hi Shad and Annie: I hope your day went well and that we hear from you soon.

Ok..time to read a bit and then head to bed.

ooops flat out busy day. back tomorrow

Susie ~ Yeah I use the bus twice a week

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I woke up at 5:00 AM so I would be awake and ready to go on my 30 min walk outside this morning. I just got back inside from my walk. I have a meeting to go too at 9:30 this morning. I'll be sure to get my evening walk in tonight as well and thats all of my plans for today. Of course I got my daily duties done this morning also.

Good morning,

Lots to finish before I sit down at the computer so hopefully I'll be back later. I am doing ok as far as tasks, just a lot to do and the clock seems to be ticking by quickly. Later chicks.

Good morning ladies,

I woke up to a very unusual sight. The street was wet! My first thought was it must've been the street sweepers because it doesn't rain in August. Then as I left the house and stood on the covered front porch, I noticed the sidewalk and driveway were also wet, and it was still raining (or more accurately sprinkling). Very unusual weather for August, but we so desperately need the rain, even though this is just a little bit, we'll take what we can get.

Last night's yoga class was good, and after class I took Santa to the dog park. Today after work, I'll ride the bike at the gym and take Santa to the dog park after.

Not much new and exciting in my life, but with last weekend being so hectic, I don't mind a bit. :D

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Terra - Bummer that the CD Trade post wasn't going to give you much for your DVD. I hope you can do better on Craigslist. Wow, up at 5 am? and walking for 30 minutes? Very impressive! Well done!

Susie - Wow, you get a crazy amount of email. I'm glad I don't get that much. Good for you for getting on the treadmill. And :bravo: for letting your managers know that you would be away from your desk at lunch time! Like you, I need to incorporate more strength training. To answer your question, yes, I was able to say no to the cookies.


Shad, Annie, Laura and Happy: :wave:

I'll try and check in later to see what's new with everyone.

Much love,

Morning all.

Ceejay - Glad you resolved the popup issue. What an annoying thing. Nice that you got rid of the furniture. It feels good to know something perfectly useful is going to get a 2nd life somewhere and stay out of our landfills for a bit longer.

Michelle – I can certainly empathize with you on the constant challenged of resisting the food temptations all around us. I did succumb to the salty snack urge on Monday, and not with a single portion package either, groan. Yay - you were able to resist the shortbread cookies!! Just pretend they've been sitting in the vending machine for ages and are stale and yucky, lol. Good for you signing on for the training sessions. I think you’ll definitely work harder with a trainer than without – they’ll make sure of that, LOLOL. Just be sure not to overdo it with your back!! Yeh, I think I agree with you about keeping quiet to avoid getting into discussions about your surgery decision – people can be so judgmental, and they don’t even know you well enough, or about the surgery either. Re the rain – now I have that song in my head – It Never Rains in Southern California. I know you’re in northern CA, but still, it popped into my head. Just thought I’d pass along that earworm to the rest of you who might remember that song. :D

Terra – Shish kebobs (I’m not sure of the spelling either) are yummy. I like the kind you can get in Greek restaurants – probably because I like the cucumber sauce they serve it with, LOL. Anyway, maybe in one of the cooking classes coming up they’ll teach you something you’ll enjoy cooking at home and it’ll become part of the meal rotation. I agree with you trying to sell the dvd for more money on craigslist than at the trading post. I love finding stuff on craigslist!!

Susie – Good for you that you told your bosses you’d be taking a lunch hour away from your desk. You need that break during the day!! You’re really ramping up the exercise – that upcoming race is motivating you!!

Hi Shad!!

Happy – Hope you get everything done that you want and/or need to!!! If you don’t get back here (or I don’t), wishing you safe and happy travels. I look forward to getting together with you during your visit!

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The wrap-up party was at a restaurant the next suburb over from where I live. It was no biggie to take a slightly earlier train home from work, go home and change clothes and drive over to the restaurant. The restaurant used to be something else that bf and I had gone to several times, but since it changed, we’d never been to this one. It has a nice menu and a large beer list, so I think it will be a nice place for bf and I to try on our own. On Tuesdays it’s build your own burger night, so all but one of our table did that. I ate the entire burger, which was large, and my side of tater tots (which I feel I got shorted on in terms of quantity, but that was definitely a good thing) – I should have taken home part of the burger instead of eating it all. Live and learn. Or that’s the hope. Anyway, the party was nice and a lot of ideas were tossed around for a better fundraiser next year. The best idea - IMO - is switching it from Friday night/overnight to Saturday day/night. We figure more people would come because they could work it around there other weekend activities, and there would probably be more kids who could come than on Friday nights. I hope that's one idea that gets implemented.

I did 10 more knee pushups this morning and the last few came more easily today. I’m going to dig out that plank workout I found in the magazine a while back and take a stab at some of the moves tonight.

Probably a good thing my friend cancelled our lunch date today. I can choose someplace/something better than I would have done otherwise...

I have to crank on the budget work today – the boss wants to go over it tomorrow morning and get it to his boss on Friday.

That’s it for me. TTFN.

Laura - Thanks a lot for the earworm! Thankfully, my trainer is aware of my back issues and with every exercise he had me do, I told him whether or not it hurt my back (they didn't), and I also assured him that if my back objected to any of the exercises, I'd let him know right away (just like I do with my yoga teacher).
Oh, and thanks for getting me drooling with the talk of Greek shish kebobs and cucumber sauce. You're two for two, young lady! :rofl: :rofl: Nice that the wrap-up party was convenient and had yummy food. Well done on continuing with the knee pushups. Good luck on the budget work.

Happy - I can imagine how busy you are preparing for your trip. Are you flying? If so, which airport are you flying out of?

Morning all. Don't know who's been adding stuff to the computer but I wish they would stop. Guess that when the friend/boss left they thought all things were okay. I'm still unsure of one thing, but I'll ask J when he comes back from lunch.

Michelle
I agree with Laura about the personal trainer. The rain in California reminded me of the song Laura mention also. How are the fires doing out your way?

Laura
I need to do some Pilates and stretches. Might try the Yoga DVD tonight instead of the bike.

Terra
When will you start your cooking class? I've always wanted to take one.

I'm like Michelle there is nothing going on in my neck of the woods.
Have a good day.

Morning all,
Got caught up yesterday dealing with maintenance problems in the house. Landline phone doesn't work, just makes a crackling noise and won't ring with incoming calls. n So I have called the company who assure me that there may be a problem !!!!!!! :yikes: thought I had already figured that out. Anyway they are supposed to be here before 7pm today to check out the outside line. How they are supposed to see in the dark at 7pm I don't actually know but I will wait for enlightenment. Then it was haircut day. Since my normal hairdresser is on maternity leave I had a new one. She was very nice and the hair looks just fine. Following on from that was a trip to the vet for Miss Puss who definitely did not want to go. I have been wiping up the blood and changing bandages. Miss Puss then had her claws clipped and I went to wash the car only to find out that the carwash is out of order. So I went to visit DS2 who is on leave following an operation on his hand to remove a large cyst or ganglion. By the time I got home from there was just time to dig a bit more garden and clean the loo before it was time to get dinner ready after which I watched a bit of tv and went to bed. Miss Puss got over her snit around 10.00pm and decided to sleep in my part of the bed so there wasn't much room for me and a whole stack of free bed over the other side.
I still have a long list of things to do around the house but I am slowly working through the list and not stressing about it.

On the weight loss front, I seem to be losing weight reasonably steadily at the moment. I came home from NZ at 86.4. Some of that was aeroplane gain. One tends to collect fluid up in the clouds. But since then it is going down and this morning I weighed in at 83.9. That is 2.5kg or about 5.5lb. Not sure where it is coming off but don't really care too much. My appetite is just about gone but I do still eat well. Just not as much and having the garden back in production will be a blessed bonus.

Happy - good to know that the tag day wasn't too bad. Hope you made a reasonable profit on your effort. Things are getting so tight now that people just can't afford what they used to be able to.
Hope you get everything done before you go.

Laura - Hope the budget comes out right for you. Back to the pushup challenge I see.

Ceejay - good to know the furniture is gone. Nothing like space to make life easier.

Michelle - You don't have to justify yourself to anyone. You are the one in charge of your life. It doesn't matter what they think. Just smile politely and say - thank you for your opinion, however I must do what is best for me.

Annie - Sounded like you had a nice dinner (facebook) Hope you get something to do shortly. It is always a pain doing interviews. Can you get temporary work which might get you an in, somewhere in the corporate world.

Susie - Back in the world of go, go, go I see. Glad you had a nice break and good for you blocking out an hour for rest and relaxation during the day.

Terra - thank you for setting up the thread - hope we all do burn up the calories this month.

Okay - garden calls. Coffee is finished, gotta go.

Morning all,

I'm leaving on a jet plane... that song is running through my head. Just hoping no one with Ebola was on my tiny transport and that it won't be a crowded cattle car. Oh well if it is, it's a short flight and I have a pill to ease the tensions although it probably won't take effect until I deplane :lol:

I thought I had everything under control yesterday but DH wanted an unplanned visit to a door showroom in a town a distance from here. Turns out they have to come and measure before we can proceed anyway so while we had a nice lunch outdoors at a roadside stand, it was still 3 hours out of the day I could have done better with. And then when I got home the clock sped to double time - was after midnight when I tried to push out both cats who decided that my bed will be theirs for the next 3 weeks and they were taking residency last night. Sleep was short and fitful as it always is the night before I have to leave - so afraid I will oversleep.

Finishing coffee now and I need to jump in the shower so I must apologize for no personals. I will be back on when I get to my sister's next week. Till then have a good August and I will be thinking of you.

Quick hello. Finishing up budget work and meeting w/ my boss shortly. WW meeting after that. I'll try to get back later today.

Good morning ladies,

Yay! It's Thursday! If I stand on my tiptoes, I can almost see the weekend! :woohoo: After work yesterday, I rode the bike at the gym for 45 minutes, and then took Santa to the dog park.

Today, I'm leaving work at lunchtime to go to a workshop on WordPress (which is what I use to build my company's website), and then I have an acupuncture appointment, followed by the gym and the dog park.

Please, if you don't mind, keep my friend Bob in your prayers. He got some very bad news at the doctor yesterday. I'm too upset by the news to type all the details, but best case scenario is he loses the use of his right leg, second best case is he loses the right leg, right side of his pelvis and becomes "half-arsed" (his words), and worst case scenario....I lose a good friend. :cry:

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Ceejay - Thankfully the fires aren't near where I live. They had some near Yosemite National Park which is about a 3.5 hour drive east, and now there are fires burning in the Shasta and Lassen National Forests, both of which are several hours drive north. When I drive to Washington State (where they've also been having fires), I'll be driving near and possibly through the Shasta and Lassen National Forests. The little bit of rain we got yesterday was nice, but we need so much more. And we especially need rain that doesn't come with thunder and lightning. Lightning strikes hitting our dry forests and mountains is just bad.

Shad - Congratulations on that great weight loss! Well done!! I hope the phone line is now fixed. Glad the substitute hairdresser did a good job. So sorry to hear about your son's hand. I hope he's doing better. Thank you so much for your suggestion about what to say to people who want to tell me what decisions to make about my own life and body. I really appreciate that. :hug:

Happy - Wishing you a smooth and relaxing flight, and a lovely visit with your family! :hug:

Laura - I hope both meetings go well (boss and WW).

Terra, Susie and Annie - :wave:

Much love to all,