Scale Addicts Anonymous #5
 

Here we are...on Thread #5...there's only 4 of us left but boy are we are a good bunch..And we're always glad to have new folks!!! Hopefully Leanne will be over her AMsickness so we can hear how she's doing soon!~ And then Tulip will get a new puter so she can post without having to listen to chugachuggachugga!lol Grassie is still on her detoxing diet to rid her body of nasty allergies and such. And there's me...who's off to my first session with a private trainer so I can get motivated like the rest of the Scale Ladies!!

Hope to see newbies in here soon!

Hi guys!!! Sorry I've been MIA for a few. Things have been hectic here. It's snowing like crazy right now. Wasn't suppose to start until tonight but here it is.

TF - congratulations for quitting your job!! I'm glad you're strong enough and smart enough to realize a bad situation and get the heck out! I'm finally learning. This is the last week at the bad job. :) yeah!!!!


HS - how was the training session? Learn anything new and exciting?? Do share! :) I've been on the couch for a few days. I came off the diet for Vday. The plan was to just cheat for one meal. I'm mostly back on now - not quite though. I gained 3 pounds of water but I know it's water. If I could just behave myself it will fall back off. I liked seeing such a low number on my scales.

OHHHHHH - I get to go shopping for new scales!! (I'm waaaayyyy past denial about my addiction) I'm moving in May and the scales I use are roomates. I'm very excited about the whole deal. :)

I'll write more this afternoon when I get to second job. Looks like school is canceled for tonight. I'm never going to graduate at this rate.......free massages for all - cause I can't charge until I GRADUATE!

Have a great day guys!!!!

Tulip has started a trend! I quite my job yesterday. Working 6 days week 4 of them usually 18 to 20 hour days was just too much. And i just couldn't stop feeling like I was completely lying to myself that I was helping these horses. Yah. Helping them to hurt themselves more. I can't believe how much better I feel today!

:D :D :D :D

Grassie, water weight is the easiest to lose. And you deserved to go off for Vday! And more snow? DON"T send it this way please!lol Glad to know you are joining the ranks of Stand Up Scale Addicts with Tulip and Me! My first session with the trainer kinda sucked. All she could do was talk about how she's becoming a pro cyclist now and how it sucks not to be making money. Yet she charges 50 dollars a session. Needless to say I won't be going back to her.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Tulip! How goes your day so far? It would be around 2pm your time as i type this. What kind of job will you be looking for? Was the guy that bad? How awful. I've had bosses like that. It's like being inprison! Hope you find something you enjoy! How's the kids and Ozzie? How's the weather in Merry Ole' England? Hope all goes well!

;) ;) ;)

Today is relax day and enjoy myself day. Gonna do the regular chores such as housecleaning and laundry. BUt I'm going to take my time. And catch up on some much needed reading too! Have a lovely day folks!

HS! Pardon me for sticking my nose in here - you quit! Wow! What are you going to do now? I'll just skulk back to my thread now. :D

Raven Toy - you don't have to skulk anywhere! You could always dust off the scales and join us :) And if you have a job you want to quit - it's highly fashionable on this board......all 3 or the 4 of us have now quit our jobs and started working out. what's next ? :)

HS - I'm glad for you. Especially if you were having such guilt over the poor horsies! Have you thought about what you want to do now? Sounds like you're a very educated, highly motivated person. I hope you find something you can love as much as you love the animals. Sounds like you were making your boss a nice chunk of change - especially for a hobby!!!! Enjoy your relaxation today!

TF - how is the stress level today? And yes, how are the puppy, and the family? Still boozin it up in England :) :) I ate Taco Bell for lunch - I have NO ROOM to tease.

Took Doggie to the vet today. He has an inner ear infection and is depressed. All the time at work and school is leaving my poor doggie all alone too much! I am trying to work out a deal with doggie day care so he can have play dates. Never thought I'd send my doggie to day care, but I can't stand that he's this sad either. It's only 2 more months, AND I have mornings with him now too. He needs a friend. When I graduate I'm getting one for him (and me).

Oh, and he is the newest official member of the website - he's 5 pounds overweight!! Poor guy! He is an Aussie and he weighs 68 pounds. Very big (tall) frame though. The worst part was that I couldn't get him to stand still on the scales alone so I had to get on them with him - our two weights combines was SCARY! I'll be good from NOW ON!

By for now! HS congrats again!! TS you too! I worked my last day today!! :) Yippie!!!! Do we need to change our name or what??

WE ARE ALL NOW UN-EMPLOYED...SO HAVE SO MUCH MORE TIME TO WEIGH OURSELVES!!! YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!
I vote that we chance our name to Unemployed scales addicts no longer anon...!!!! or something...LMAO!!!

Welcome Raven Toy...we love all our memebers here but need some new blood, who are not tooooooo addicted to their scales (!!!) or giving up their jobs or mad on their animals so.......what can you bring to the group???? anything...honest....it doesn't have to be much to get us interested...after a while you too will be doing things the same...even your menstrual cycle will be the same...lol!!!...(HS- hope that bit hasn'nt put her off...lol!!!) don't sulk somewhere else...please sulk here with us...we need more friends!!!!!! (hey guys...how sad does that sound??? but we do need more fweeeends!!!!!

Spalshes...WAY TO GO GIRL....!!!!!!

OH MY PUTER IS PLAYIN UP...!!!!

That last post, went and posted itself without me knowing!!! why?????

any way as i was saying..well done HS - U gave up your job??...WOW..do you feel better?? I do!! but it still makes me feel like...have i done the right thing?! But i do feel better..life is way too short to do stuff that you really don't need to do!! what are you going to do now??

GRASSIE...DOGGIE DAY CARE?? WOW we haven't got that over here yet..maybe that's my next business venture..is it big over there??? Doggie day care sounds a big U.S.A for the UK market...but hey tell me more...bet your dog benifits from it!!! don't feel bad about putting the dog on the scales... my oldest - Claire - weight Ozzy today..she had to stand on the scales first then with him ..he weighs 5lbs!!! sorry, which is what your doggie is over weight...has your doggie, eaten my doggie???!" LOL

Its late.. I need my beauty sleep, so will talk more tomorrow...Love you all.. but must sleep..see you all tomorrow as it is half term and i'm around with the kiddies all week!!

Keep off those scales girlies..I will be back tomorow to check up on you all!!
Tulip
~x~

*lol* I don't know what I can bring to the thread.. lets see, I'm a scale addict, definitely. I'm stupid about my animals, all 452,618,392 of them.... ok, maybe not that many it just seems that way. But! Ha! I am not quitting my job! I was going to, but they gave me the raise I asked for, so I decided to stay.

My latest addiction seems to be running. Er.. or my imitation thereof. I do weights because I feel obligated to do so, but I hear the treadmill call my name in my sleep, I swear.

Thank you for the nice welcome. :)

we must be online at the same time Toy..as i've just got your message!!!!!!

Running??? YOU DO EXCERCISE????? TRAITOR...YOU HVE TO ASK PERMISSION AND INVITE US ALONG TOO!!! Ok - or.....you could motivate us to do some??? what do you think???

God you have a lot of animals..hope their all house trained?!! Ozzy isn't grrrrrrrrr!! (yet!!)

Looking forward 2 getting 2 know you!!!

we need 2 swap instant messenger addys here???

c u all soon

Tulip
~x~

Hi everyone! My name's Elisha, I've been on this site about a week, haven't quite found a board I'm completely comfy with, but you guys seem really friendly and pretty active. :) And I'm DEFINITELY a scale addict.
Can't say I've just quit my job, but I'm interviewing for a promotion on Friday, and if I don't get it, I probably will quit as soon as I find something else. And I do love animals. Right now we've got 4 dogs, 6 cats, a bunny, and there's a bunch of chickens and ducks (a couple dozen, I'd say).
So anyway, how about some fresh meat? I'd love to join your group!
~Elisha

Welcome Elisha!!! I have 2 dogs, a cat, 3 fish, and a horse. And Raven is bringing her Zoo!! YAYYYYYY

Elisha and Raven, we LOVE to have fresh meat, new blood, new friends...I had to add friends cuz meat and blood was making us sound like vampires or something!lol Glad to see some new faces. You gotta give us motivation Raven! Elisha..you won't find a more fun group or weirdly cycled group. Tulip and I have timed our ToMs to the precise date so we match and can have PMS together...I know someone else on here was timing it with us...can't remember who tho.

As for what am I going to do now Ladies? Well, enjoy my time off...stop feeling guilty. It's someone else's job to fix the broke down horsies now. And no more 20 hour days! And I'm going to go to the gym and do a mass spring cleaning at my house.
I'm already looking for a job...probably go back into hospitality...I do love bartending and managing. But then again...maybe I'll open up my own business...don't know...got time...will think about it.

Grassie, doggie day care is HUGE up here in Canada...Got 3 in my city alone. It's kewl to see the dogs that go for play dates...my friend takes her lab/collie mix (who is 10lbs OW) and she loves it. She runs around like mad and barks for the first 5 minits and the other dogs look at her as if to say,"Uhh is she insane?" Then she settles down and plays nice. Since I have two dogs, they keep each other company. And all they do is sleep anyways!!LOL

Elisha and Raven...I hope to see you folks here more often...then we can all compare days, animals, and scale addictions!lol

Oh dear, so .. we're inventorying the animals? Ok... 3 dogs (one great dane, one rat terrier, and one husky/greyhound mix foster dog), 6 snakes (two mutt redtail boas, two corn snakes, one king snake, and one texas rat snake), 4 lizards (one bearded dragon, one lemon leopard gecko, one regular leopard gecko, and one cuban rhino iguana), and two horses (one bay appendix mare - my daughter's, and one cremello QH gelding, mine). We'll be adding another horse this year for my son. Attrition has taken it's toll on the reptile population, and we also lost our darling little hedgehog this year.

HS - No guilt, we can only do what we can do. And sometimes, we can't do much. You gave so much of yourself, and now maybe it's time to give TO yourself, eh? Such a big heart, girl.

Elisha - Welcome to the forums! I just started noodling around in this thread because I've seen HS on the journals (and you, too), I'm on another thread as well. Keeps me from getting bored at work and hitting the vending machine. ;) Another animal freak. Gotta luv it!!

Tulip - Please forgive me, yes... I actually exercise. :lol: It took me a while to get back into the habit, but I'm really enjoying it now. Well, most days. I have to admit that I do have my "But, I don't waaannnnnnaaaa" days. I do it anyway. I would like to get to the point where I can run 5K. I'm getting there slowly. My foster pup, Artemis, is kinda sorta housebroken. She knows she's not supposed to go in the house, but she doesn't understand holding it till we go outside. One of these days the lightbulb will click on, I know.

In the meantime, my scale is stuck. I knew this would happen, but .. it's annoying anyway. Plateau or adding weights back in or just scale orneryness, who knows. All I know is that I really need to just keep doing what I'm doing. *nose wrinkle* Yeah.

Happy Wednesday!

Hi everyone! Elisha and Raven - very nice to see you here!!!!! Tell us more :) Between my self and my roomate there is 1 dog (mine) 1 cat, 3 ferretts and 3 fish tanks. We're not the zoo Raven has, but we're growing. I will get another doggie as soon as I finish school. Last year I decided to quit my corporate job and go back to school to be a massage therapist/body worker. I graduate in 2 more months (as long as it stops snowing!!) Then I'll be in all sorts of other programs to further body knowledge. In the year since I've quit work I've lost 25 pounds and thrown out all my business clothes :) I feel like my old happy self again. Now I'm working on the last 15 pounds. I have been cheating a lot lately though with Vday and my birthday and a serious love of red wine........I'll get there though. I'm off the couch and exercising now and I've vowed to get back on track with my allergy diet today. :)

I love talking with the guys (gals) here. It really does keep me motivated and it's so nice to know there are real people with real lives struggling with the same battles I do. I've learned a lot being here. Hope you stay!!

TF - Doggie Day care is HUGE! Here. Even our pet stores now offer it. Another thing that is really growing is doggie massage. You can train for about $300.00 and you're all set. I think the going rate is $30 per half hour. And it gives the same benefits to dogs as to humans. I've seriously considered training in it. One of the biggest day cares has a small in ground pool and hoops, walls, tunnels, all kinds of stuff for them to play in. They even has obedience classes! They do all kinds of in house training for dog owners so that you know how to use the same commands they use and so that you aren't doing things to screw up all the training they are getting at schoo. It's funny but really effective. The day care place I'm looking at will let you pay by the day or session. You can drop a doggie off for 3 hours and then pick him back up again. Oh, there are also tons of dog parks here. Fenced in areas with bark rangers and all. On a warm day there will be 50 dogs out there playing! It's so fun to watch!! I guess we're a pretty dog friendly area.

Okay, guys. Today is the day - I WILL kick the sugar thing and get my butt back in gear! I must!!!! I'm worth it!! I can do it. (this is not working at all) I'm going to do my very best to be really good today!! I'll tell you how it goes.

HS - enjoy your days of relaxation! I always wanted to be a bar tender.....you can make good money if you're good at it, can't you...

okay, out of here for now. :)

Okay, this is a completely random question (I do that occasionally), but could anyone tell me how to find the Spring Fling Challenge that Jennifer is running? I hear people talking about it all over the message boards and journals, and I've looked everywhere and can't find it. I must be overlooking something. Help!

I need a lot of help right now. I'm doing fine with the exercise, adding time and speed to my walks on the treadmill. I think I'm going to try something different today though, just to spice things up a bit. But I'm not doing so well on the dieting part. I'm trying to stay motivated, I really am, and this site is a great help, but I don't feel like I'm doing enough. I want to be thin NOW!!!

I know, I know, Patience is a Virtue. Patience is a Virtue. Patience is a Virtue. Good things come to those who wait. I'm expecting one heck of a payout. :)

~Elisha

Elisha - If you check in Miscellaneous Clubs, you'll find the Spring Fling thread. :) If you haven't read the journals yet, or you missed the one by Mooz, you should read it. She posted a Ralphie quote that really hit the spot for me today, and it sounds like you could use it, too!

Hi Everyone...
 

Wow, finally got my puter fixed...ah, but it still doesnt seem to be 100%.ugh, darn machines!
FINALLY, I am down to 138.6..........YAY!!
I am proud to say I have been eating REALLY well while pregnant...I have an ultrasound next week to see just how pregnant I am...looks like a september baby though.... ;)
ANywho, when I went to the doc yesterday he was amazed when he last saw me I was 222lbs. I told him I have been busy :lol:
Hope everyone is doing well..........I am SO happy that I have an amazing scale to remind me EVERY day of my weight...Wish I had one the last 2 times I was pregnant, then maybe my weight wouldnt have gotten so out of hand!

Ciao

Leanne
SW 215
CW 138.6 :lol:

Good for you Leanne, taking such good care of yourself. You have a lot to be proud of and a baby on the way too!!!! How wonderful for you!!! Glad you got your puter...well...improved......:) maybe it's a good patch for now and we can have you back with us!

Hope everyone is having a good night!!

Happy Thursday, chicks :)

Leanne - Wow. From 222 to 138. And you're pregnant. That's absolutely wonderful! And your weight loss is very encouraging and inspiring! I'm hoping this year I'll hit my goal of 135. How long has it taken you to lose that much weight? I'm aiming for 5 pounds a month, which will put me at goal by the end of the year. I'd LOVE to hit New Years 2005 at 130anything. :lol: Sooner would be cool, too. :s:

Grasshopper - Ferrets. My daughter wants one SO bad, and they are so blasted cute.. I'd love to have one, too. But we are so busy already with the dogs and horses and everything else. I'd hate to get one and then not be able to pay adequate attention to it, you know? Poor little thing. How did the self motivation to kick the sugar go?

I confess, I worked out today. I did shoulders/back/chest with weights.. still kind of disappointed at how much less weights I can lift than when I fell off the wagon last year, but that will come in time. And of course, the scale is being stubborn. Weights, water, who knows. I just have to keep remembering that the fat is disappearing, the muscle is developing, and I'm OP. Tomorrow will be cardio, Saturday biceps/triceps and cardio, and Sunday is legs.

How is everyone doing?

Wow! I just checked out that piece that Mooz put on her journal by Ralphie...It is amazing...i just sent it to a friend who was having a bad day and it turned her mood around 100%!! I am printing it out as I type. I'm going to hang it on my fridge and read it every day! Hope everyone is having a good day. It's fairly sunny and somewhat mild..if you consider 35 mild. so things are melting slowly but surely. I am off to go salt what ever ice is left so more of it can be gone sooner than later. Then it's massive spring cleaning time...gonna start with 1st floor then tomorrow will do 2nd floor.

I have a survey to ask everyone...

"How did you get motivated to get excersising?"

I cannot get into it no matter how hard I try...maybe if I get some answers from the ladies here...I will be more motivated!! Thanks

See everyone tomorrow.

Hi Ladies,

Happy Thursday to all.......yay, survivor is on tonight..........my fav show!

Hotsplashes, I hear you guys are getting some SNOW there.....hopefully, it isnt too much b/c we'll probably get it tomorrow.........Well my son is 6.5 months old now so it has taken me that long...I was 215 the day I brought him home from the hospital.(august 1st/03)

Anywho, I am still on a mission to look GREAT while pregnant......

Leanne

Wow.. how did I get motivated. Hmm. I guess I just got sick and tired of hearing my own excuses. I knew I needed to do it to get the results I wanted, and I knew that when I do exercise, I love the way I feel, soooo... I guess I just decided enough was enough. Did I want to lose weight or not? Put up or shut up kinda thing.

Good lord it was gorgeous here today. In the mid 60s and I'd swear it was spring. *sigh* It's still down below freezing at night, and for the weekend and next week it will only be getting into the low 50s, but that is SO much better than the teens and 20s we were having a couple weeks ago! I'm such a weenie when it comes to the cold! I just wish I could have skated out of work and gone riding. :s:

Hi guys. How did I get motivated. Well, I'm not. I' thought I was. Turns out it was just a spurt. I'm doing horribly. I have been eating horribly, haven't exercised at all this week. Not even yoga stretches. I can tell it too. I hurt all over.

Need a good swift kick in the pants. I even did the really bad thing - I stopped at dairy Queen last night at 10:00, on my way home from school. I'm really upset with myself but that doesn't seem to be making a differnece right now.

Sorry, just a little frustrated that i'm still not back on the wagon. It seems like something as simple as "don't put it in your mouth" would be easy to control.......

Motivation? I just keep telling myself that no matter how much I hate myself for getting fat in the first place, I'll just hate myself even more if I don't do anything about it. Oh, and I'm sick of seeing really cute clothes at the department store I work at only to find that they don't come in my size. And as I was on the treadmill a little while ago and I wanted so bad to stop and just sit down and watch tv, the words "I can I can I can I can I can I can I can I can...." started sing-songing in my head. It actually helped.
Well, that was motivation for exerise. As for motivation for eating right... well, if anyone figures that one out, please let me know, because that answer hasn't hit me yet. And at this point I need a good hard slap in the face.
~Elisha

Ug. We have a client in the school clinic that has apparently been trying to get frisky with one of my classmates. She told him his behavior was inappropriate and he stopped for about 2 seconds before starting all over again and even grabbing her hand at one point and massaging it for her. She was freaked out but at the end of the massage anyway so she just walked out and told the teach. Teacher not only didn't say anything to him about it, she told the classmate that in the future it was the TEACHER'S job to decide if the actions warranted stopping the massage not the students.

Well guess what - he is my first client Saturday. He REQUESTED me. He has not gotten frisky with me but he's been getting more talkative and last massage he stared at me a lot - throughout the massage. Made me uncomfortable but sometimes people do that kind of thing because they are nervous - I didn't know what was going on with other classmates. I hope htey don't expect ME to go to this same teacher and ask her opinion because I won't. If he creeps me out in the slightest I will stop the massage and tell him to get the h%&*! out!!

It's stressing me out even knowing he's asked for me and that they broke policy to move my appointments around so that he'd get me. Do they not realize what he's doing???? Why aren't they supporting students? It's really peeves me to no end!! I'm calling tomorrow to tell them I refuse to work on him based on his past behavior with my classmate and my new insite on his past behavior with me.

Sorry for dumping but I'm really angry and stressed out. i'm angry for my classmate that had it happen to her. And I'm angry that I may have to face the same kind of crap first thing Sat morning with the same cranky teacher! And I just finished my Taco Bell dinner which is not making me feel any better. The good news is that I think I've finally eaten enough junk that I'm sick of it for a while.

I hope you all had a good day!! Tomorrow is friday - (or today is for some I guess). A Weekend. Working one for me. 3 weeks before my first break - I think I'll reserve the time for SLEEPING! Talk to you guys tomorrow.

Good morning every one..

Grassie, go to the humanresource dept. of your school. Explain what is happening and the teacher's behavior. Let the teacher know as well that you are contacting the HR dept as well as the dean of the school. This works. Trust me. I had a situation at school where a teacher was getting friendly with me. I explained to him that if his advances did not stop I would go to the head of the Dept. Head of dept. did nothing..so I went to Dean of School and HR...HR flipped out on teacher, head of Dept, and went to Dean with me. Teacher was suspended as he had been doing this for several semesters and students had complained to Head of Dept..so Head of dept got fired. HR can be a wonderful help. Good luck!

Thanks for the info, everyone, on how you got motivated. I am at that point too where it's put up or shut up. EatingI can control pretty well now cuz any junk food makes me feell ill. It's just the exercize. Now I REALLy have to work for it.

See everyone tomorrow!

199
170
135/140

Well, looks like I'm about to become an "official" member of the group by quitting my job. :/ (Read: I didn't get that promotion.) I guess that means I have to get a real job now. *sigh*
On the plus side, I did really really well on my diet today. That makes one day. I even got up early and exercised. Yay Me! But I'm really glad I did it this morning, because right now I'm so mad I just want to.... I don't know.... throw something. They gave that job to a girl that even the manager doesn't like. And I'm sure I would have done a much better job than she will.
*deep breath*
That just means I'm destined for an even better job with even better money.
And one day is all it takes. Every day. I have to do this one day at a time.
~E

Howdie everyone!

Well, Elisha, I always wonder what the other person ever has over me when I KNOW they don't have near the qualifications. Doesn't it make you wanna sneak into the office and take a peek at the interview notes? I alway think I will find "Gives good BJs under the desk" or something like that. I'm mean aren't I? It just comes from seeing that happen way too many times as a bartender.

Congrats on getting up early and exercising! I have done nothing today but groceries and watch tv!lol

Leanne, we didn't get snow. We got Rain! and LOTS of it. The snow has just started today and it's really hitting coming down. The weather network says less than 1cm. But we've already got an inch. So i figger prolly 2 or 3 which is fine, considering the east coast got 5 feet of it!

Tulip and Grassie, where be you two? Did you two hop a plane to somewhere warm with the rest of Scale Addicts? For Shame!!! And I bet you picked up Raventoy on the way!!lol

See everyone tomorrow, more than likely!!

Helllooooooo peoples. Wow, what a great day! I got up early, had my coffee and my weekend treat of Raisin Nut Bran, then walked the dogs and did the dishes. Then I made a run to Super Walmart, got home and put all the chicken breasts and hamburger in the freezer in single serving sizes... Then I did my bicep/tricep weights. I wasted a little time then just kicking around for a few minutes, then hit the treadmill and did my 2 miles 18 seconds faster than my previous best time. And .. I blew out my headphones. :o Then I grabbed a quick light lunch, took a quick shower, and we headed out to the stables. We rode for about two hours, I think my legs will be telling me all about it tomorrow. I was able to do my posting trot for 6 times around the arena, not necessarily gracefully, but I did it. And for the first time in 30 years, I hit a canter. And not just once! Now I have to start working on the details.. like - get that butt down in the saddle! :dizzy: Fed all the ponies, dogs, and cats - then home and STARVING but ate my dinner and my healthy choice ice cream sandwich, and calories came in almost exactly on target. *oof* It was beautiful weather, finally. We go out to the stables early to feed again tomorrow. I'll probably ride Copper again, then lunge Arashi.

Grasshopper - I wouldn't handle something like that well at all. Not from the client, and NOT from the teacher. As a professional you wouldn't be expected to put up with that kind of nonsense, why should you have to now?? I hope you got the situation resolved!

Elisha - I replied to your journal on that one... I know it really stinks, but maybe just trying to hang onto the thought that the next job you find will be one where you are appreciated and compensated appropriately. Sometimes it takes a while to find the "right" job.

HS - Hey! That's how I got most of my jobs, you got a problem with that!?!?! :s: Yeah, I'm kidding. But I know I wonder too about why some people get promoted over others. It really is awfully suspicious sometimes. And hey! It was pretty darn warm here today, for a change! I think we made it into the upper 50s! Boy did I need that. I really hope the warming trend continues. I'm SICK of winter, sick of rain, sick of grey and wind and cold. Bleh.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Hi guys. Thanks for the support. I got someone to swap my afternoon clinic hours Saturday. I was to have 2 massages. When we got there, they hadn't taken creepy hands off the books, just moved him to a new therapist. We all insisted that we would not work on him and couldn't possibly give him the unconditional, healing touch we are suppose to give under the circumstances...anyway they took him off the books and the teach was surprisingly nice to us. It wierded us all out a little but she was very nice. We'll see how it all plays out when we are back in class with our teacher Monday night - I know they had a phone call about it all while we were IN THE ROOM. I'm not going to worry too much about it until it matters to. Only 2 more months....two weeks and I have spring break. 1 week of freedom!! :)

Yesterday was beautiful here too!!!! I worked clinic and then took a 3 hour sleep! Something I've needed for a long time! Opended all the windows in my house and just slept!! Then BF and I took Mac to dog park and then to a lake park so he could swim. We saw 50 first dates last night. Very cute movie! I do recommend it.

Okay, I have an all day seminar today. Better get moving. HS - no planes to warm weather, allthough I like the idea!!

Ok, I've got another survey/question for everyone:

How do you deal with unsupportive people?

My family just isn't helping. They keep bringing home boxes of chocolate cupcakes and cookies and then even after I say no they keep trying to talk me into having "just one" (which is never really just one). I've tried to explain to them that I want to be healthy and that means eating healthy foods, but it only seems to work for about 5 minutes. Sometimes I win and sometimes I don't. One thing I know for sure is that I can't handle this all the time! I know I've got to do something, I just don't know what to do.

Elisha, I am in the same boat as you. I have a bf who just won't stop bringing home chips and cookies. I have an obese sister who refuses to admit to her weight problem even tho the doctor told her she's got to lose the weight or be dead of a heartattack in 5 years. What I do....is...force myself to be strong. Make things in my house less junk food friendly. I throw out all opened bags of chips and cookies. If bf says where are they? I say they went stale. I cook for myself. I tell people that aren't supportive that I can't have them over or go to their house unless they agree to be supportive. It's amazing how blunt honesty can work. I now have some friends who invite me for lunch or dinner and serve very health conscious meals! And they in turn, have realized how poorly they've been eating. Mind you this is only a few of my friends. ANd I'm finding my circle of friends has become smaller because of my healthy lifestyle choices....but I intend to live alot longer and healthier....So that is what I do. Mind you, I do falloff the bandwagon...But I alway climb back up!

Grassie! Good for you and the other students standing up for yourselves! United we stand! As for the teacher being surprisingly nice....I wouldn't be surprised if someone has gone to the head of the dept. or the Dean and said something. A prof's attitude will change dramatically once they've been thrown under the bus. Wow...spring break already? I hope you go somewhere nice! I have been itching to go back home to Baja...just the right timing to catch the last of the whale migrations.

Raven!!! Posting trot 6 times!!! AND a Canter!!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY...I know how hard that posting trot is! Congratulations! Now just think of all the wonderful muscles you are building with it! As for cantering...the trick is..relax and ride from the hips...my old English instructors could never getover how I would just sit and go with the horse at a canter...And I had to explain to them it was all those years of Western Pleasure showing!lol And Congrats on having such a good day.

I just got news that we have our first baby on teh ground at the barn! A little filly, kinda hard to tell her her color..Grulla right now..;but who knows what she'll shed out to be. She has a white mapleleaf shaped star on her forehead...so her owners are going to call her Maple....I know...pretty hokie...but hey...it's better than George or Spot!!LMAO

Have a great day ladies!

Happy Sunday! Well .. sort of - that means tomorrow is Monday and I have to go to work... blah. ;)

Grasshopper - Excellent that the teacher got the message. Why ask why? :D That ought to make the next couple months a bit easier to cope with.

Elisha - Hm. I divorced the guy that kept sabotaging my diet. :lol: Eh, yeah, there was a lot more wrong than that, but he was so insecure that he kept thinking I'd leave him if I lost weight. So he'd bring home those wonderful dove ice cream bars because "I was so grumpy." :mad: My fault for putting them in my mouth. I think what it comes down to is making it clear and sticking to it. It's harder when people bring food into your home that you can't eat. No doubt about that. But I think ultimately it does have to be YOUR decision to say no. And if they insist, get up in their face about it. Sometimes you really have to get serious before people will take you seriously. You know, I started trying to change my life a year ago. When I announced my plans to my family, my daughters comment was "yeah, sure, right mom" :rolleyes: Now.. I could have slugged her or started crying, both of which crossed my mind, but I decided to do neither, and instead I thought in my head "just you wait, girlie, just you wait." Three months later, she was the one saying to me "Wow Mom, you ARE losing weight, your gut doesn't stick out past your boobs anymore!" :o I decided to take it as the compliment it was intended as. It doesn't mean I've been perfect, or I learned everything overnight, it meant I just needed to keep trying. I know it's hard when there are foods around that you want, and people around pushing them on you, but really - only YOU can decide whether it's going to end up in your mouth or not.

HS - Thank you, thank you. :D It's been 30 years since I cantered. I know in my brain what I need to do, it's just going to take practice to get it all working together again. I even taught my daughter that lovely hip roll .. erm.. I told her to really get to *know* that saddle. :lol: She finally got it, that and keeping her shoulders back after I spent an hour in the arena yelling "shoulders back" at her every time she'd start to lean forward. Now she's the one yelling it at me! :D What fun. She even made me practice the hip roll motion while I was just sitting there on Copper... I felt so goofy, but really, it's what I need to do! What breed is the filly?? Do we get to see pictures?? OMG a little grulla!! *die* I love odd colored horses. I want one of each color... :eek:

Today was all about stripping stalls and picking the arena and sweeping the barn. I think that was workout enough. :p I talked to Rosa about a little deal where I'll come out every Sunday morning and strip stalls and feed so she has a morning off, and in return, I get free lessons. YAY! I can't wait. So now my daughter is working for her lessons, I'm working for mine, and the only one I have to pay for is Machine (my son, he rides too).

I have one week from tomorrow to reach my goal of 5 pounds for the month.. I'm curious as to what the scale will read tomorrow morning. Maybe I can actually pull it off! :D

Off to cook dinner.

You know, my family did that for a long time. It drove me crazy!! Caused a lot of problems in the family because it was a very "you're not done til every scrap of food is gone!" then there was the "there's only 2 bites left in the bowl, don't make me store it - just eat it." Then came the "you're putting on some pounds aren't you....." My personal favorite though was when my great grandmother - the very one stuffing all this food down our faces told me that "you must be getting fat, I don't have trouble seeing you anymore..."

How did I handle it, I told them flat out that this is the choice that I've made. No, it's not forever and yes, every NOW AND THEN I will eat a special meal with them but this is the choice and if they don't like it, I just won't be eating with them for a while. The ball is in their court. Believe it or not I had to leave the house several times before they got the picture - but they did finally get it.

I'm sorry you're not getting the support. You have it here though - I know that doesn't help when it's actually happening - but you do have our support. We're proud of you for making possitive, healthy changes!!! You're family may never come around - but the beauty of it is that they don't have to. It would be nice, but it's not a requirement for you to reach your own goals!!

Good luck with them! Be clear, polite but firm and let them know what it's doing to you when they push food on you and how much it hurts your feelings that they aren't supporting your goals. Then just leave if you have to. :) I can't promise it will work, but it did work for me....

Hi al,
Welcome newbies...its great to see new people posting, while the old 'uns fall off the wagon and don't post for days on end!!!

oh man! I got out of bed this morning to go to the gym. dropped my brush right next to my foot. Went down stairs, dropped a plate in the floor - missed my foot. Then about 2 minutes later, dropped a FULL glass of water on my big toe and broke it. :mad: :mad: :cry: :cry: :mad:

I'm soooo mad!!!!! At least I have a two week break before my next clinic to figure out why I'm throwing things at my feet. NO gym for me for a while. Pilates at home it is. Still mad!!

Hey peeps.

Grasshopper - uhm .. hey, if you need a break, you know.. just take one! Talk about self sabotage. ;) I have days like that, though. Seems like no matter what I do, I'm going to end up injuring myself. I hope your toe feels better soon! :(

Tulip - I love to have a glass or two of wine in the evenings, but I've had to stop that completely. Not just the calories from the wine itself, but - like you kind of noticed there - it completely wrecks my ability to monitor my intake of food. Ah well, at some point I will be in maintenance, and then I can add in the wine once in a while!

I did ok today.. but I never got over to Walmart to pick up new headphones, so my treadmill workout this morning was not exactly over the top. I still managed to do my 2 miles in 30 minutes, so I guess it wasn't that bad. The real upside to all this is that I've dropped another pound. I'm only a half pound away from my 5 pound monthly goal now, and if I can squeeze a pound and a half out of this week, that puts me at my stealth goal for the month. I might actually do this yet. :D I'll try to hit Walmart on the way home tonight and pick up the headphones, and maybe I'll try to do my back/shoulders tonight.

GOOD MORNING...OR SHOULD I SAY GOOD AFTERNOON! It's nearly 2pm here and i've spent all morning cooking yummy stuff for the kids lunch boxes. I have also made two batches of soup to see me and hubby through the week at lunch times!

Grassie...the things you do to get out of doing excersie, ;) just take the day off girl, you don't need to damage yourself!! :lol: :D :lol: Hope the toe is feeling better soon!

Splashes???? Where'd you go?? If your sat on the couch, eating biscuits i'm gonna smack your bottom!! :mad: ...or she could be out job hunting i suppose :( if so said bottom will not be smacked - promise!)

Raven - Well done on the treadmill, and the ongoing weight loss - way to go girl...1.5lbs isn't a lot if your good! :smug: NO wine for you then?! :lol: I was good again last night, no wine, sensible tea, no supper plenty of water. I was a good girl and the scales showed it this morning, i had to do best out of three to believe what they said...back to 125lbs YIPPEE!!! another 7lbs and i've hit my ideal weight!!! all i have to do is keep it there then!!!
I'll be still saying this when were on to SAA #200 !! :lol: :lol:


Hey - I have just scrolled down and seen loads of posts from the weekend that i haven't seen??? My puter again??? I havne't recieved any emails about them...I'll do take a read and will be back! bye! :)

Morning everyone! Sorry about missing yesterday! It was a busy day. No job hunting. Mondays have become my "Caregiver Day" Mondays I usually do stuff for my elderly neighbor across the street. Now that I am home all day, I do more things with him. I took him for his blood work, then I went to his Qi Gong(Tai Chi) class with him,which is put on by our local Cancer Care center. Then I helped him around his house. THen I cleaned my own house. Had a nap. Got up, went and picked up BF for supper. After that, came home, went to neighbor's again to make sure he ate his supper, and got a waltzing lesson from him. Then came home, did more housework...had a bath then went to bed....I know it don't sound like alot, but that Qi Gong class was quite the work out...Don't ever think that Tai Chi does not give you a work out...IT DOES!!lol

Poor Grassie! I know how you feel...I get those days too where I drop everything!!! And it makes you wonder what karma wheel you set off balance!Lol I hope you feel better soon, I know all about broken toes...you go to the doc's and they say, "Well, it's broken. There's Nothing we can do but tape it up!" At least you have some time off to let it heal. ANd the Pilates sounds like a good athome work out!

Raven Congrats!!!! You'll have made your goal!! Now what's a Stealth Goal? This sound interesting. That would put you at 6lbs down. Is this like a little Surprise Goal...like bonus points? I like that idea very much! I finally finished Dr. Phil's book. ANd he says to set Managable Attainable goals. I learned in a management course about Smart Goals...Seeable, Maintainable, Attainable, Realistic, and now I can't remember what the T was!Lol I'll look it up and post it on here later this week.

YAYYYY FOR TULIP!!!!!1 back to her 125....it's gotta be nearly ohhhh 20years since I've been 125. but then again....20 years ago I was only 5'6. I'm 5'10now...yes late growth spurt...And only 6lbs away from your goal, Tulip!! AWESOME....As for your puter...hmmmmmmm I think it's haunted!!!lol

Morning folks!

Tulip - I love leftovers! I usually cook enough dinner so that I can take healthy lunches to work at least twice. :D My BF won't do it, though.. not sure why. He prefers to eat fast food. tsk tsk Nope, no wine for me!! I don't even keep it in the house right now because especially after a rough day at work, it's SOOooooo tempting to just have ONE glass?? *sigh* Which always leads to two, you know. And that almost always leads to bread dipped in olive oil with spices... :o :nono: Congrats on getting back to 125!! My word... I think the last time I weighed that I was about 11 years old. :D I doubt I could pull it off now even.. I'd look starved, my bones are too big for that. 135, I think I can do. Only 7 more pounds for you.. that's fantastic!! :bravo:

HS - How incredibly nice of you to do all that for a neighbor. That kind of gets me all sniffly because I know my dad had a really hard time there for a while before his accident.. ah well. He's in an assisted living home now, and even though he misses living in his own house, I think he's happier with people around him all the time. Stealth goals.. Ok ... I had this problem with setting myself up for failure with unreasonable goals. Over a period of time I noticed that 5 pounds a month seemed to be very reasonable and attainable to me, so this year when I started again, I knew I had 60 pounds to lose and at 5 pounds per month, I could do it in one year. But.. there is always a number of pounds I'd really LIKE to lose. Like this month, my 5 pound goal would put me at 186, but I'd really LIKE to be at 185. Oddly enough, my stealth goal this month originally was 183, because that's the weight I remember seeing as the scales were going up when I was going to go out to meet a couple with my BF... I was horrified. Anyway, but I changed it because of a goal of another person in a different thread... :blah: So... it's just a weight that I'd be reallllly tickled to reach, but if I don't, it's not the end of the world. Boy, that was long winded, wasn't it.

Goals.. I have to say that the scale goals are not as important to me as they used to be. Since I really can't control the numbers. I can control what I put in my mouth, I can control my working out, I can control how much water I drink, etc. So even when the scale is being stupid, I look at what I CAN control, and I know logically that if I just keep doing what I need to do, the scale will eventually change. There is no way it can't.

I picked up headphones on the way home from work yesterday, and today's treadmill workout was better. I dropped my time for 2 miles down to 28:30. Once I hit 25 minutes, I'm going to add a half mile, and then start pushing to do that in 30 minutes. I really hope it's not raining tonight, my son and I have riding lessons... but it's getting colder, and I can't do the cold AND the rain. One or the other, but not both! :lol: If I don't ride, I really need to do a LB weights session for my quads and butt.

Hope everyone is having a good week so far!