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Hello all!
Thanks for the energy-- think I actually picked up on some about 11 am est... DH keeps telling me its polictics... and who knows... Have to admit I did lose sleep over it... guess just all of the event sinking in... So... b/4 I get knocked off the system again... Thanks all and I hope I can get on and post in the am.... and what do you think?? If you lose a couple quick pounds because you don't feel well.... you really can't count them as part of your weight loss can you?? Because they'll just jump back right on the minute my appetite comes back right?? |
Yes, they DO count, :queen: K~!!! And maybe some will come back on, but the calorie deficit you created for a short time still exists. So when you resume normal eating (but carefully, you don't want to binge anyway as it might trigger cravings and you might start feeling rocky again), you're likely to gain some of the deficit back but not necessarily all of it. Anyway, that's my opinion! :)
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kaylets-as everyone has said so well, we are all sending you good vibes. sorry to hear things have been so rough at work. i hope things will get better for you a.s.a.p. hang in, there! we all appreciate you so much here. i hope you can feel the big hug i am sending you. i also hope that you are feeling much better physically soon too. that bug you had sounds pretty yucky. take good care of yourself.
hi anagram, cerise, arabella, ceara, amarantha, eydie, zakie k. and to all the rest of the royal court. just seeing your posts always brings a smile to my face. still not able to get out much yet on my own steam, but little by little i know it will get better. has taken a while to get settled in to my new place, since i had not been feeling well, but that too is coming together slowly, but surely, now. have stayed op and started back with more consistent exercise in the past few days, so hopefully will keep up with this. i hope everyone has a good weekend. take care, all. wsw |
Have a great weekend, Wsw!!!! :wave:
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Hello all!
Am here to report that yet feeling bruised and bloodied, I am having more and more moments of 'moving past it'..... Even shared w/ someone very close to the situation who was dumbstruck having worked side by side with me.... which might have been a real mistake by sharing with someone that close.... but also reaffirmed why I really didnt see this coming... The very up side is that I am finding the few family members I have shared have been very very supportive and in some cases, even indignant... one even offered to review my resume for me. What I found out later was that she sat right down and revamped for 2 hrs... I cannot express what kind of a gift that was to receive back.... Thanks for all the good energy.... I am really relying on it...please continue... And then it was the end of Friday work day and the thought actually fluttered across my brain as I could feel some of my optimism return.... "F....'em if they can't take a joke"..... not sure to whom that comment was directed exactly but it did let me know I wasnt out for the count..... although I will admit when the alarm went off this am, my stomach tightened trying to remember what day it was.... But DH yet wanted to go yardsaling .... Took me a few hours but I did finally get into the swing of it... found 2 great cd's I'm playing now... Urban Knights and Rick Braun.... Am going to set the clock for 15 minutes at a time to get things in some kind of order as well as some final touches to some correspondence.... My sense of taste is not yet totally back... guess that's a small favor... and yes Empress, it happened, the very next day after I started eating regularly a pound jumped right back but I really hadnt had much to eat for 3 days... So, we'll see what Monday weigh in brings.... I have missed all of you. I was starting to think I was going to have to run to the library to check in! So, let me hit the submit button before the fates have decided I have tempted them too long! KETTLE IS ON! |
Yo, sending more vibes thy way, :queen: K!!! :yes: Hey, I'm not exactly sure what's going on at thy work, but just keep saying, "F*** 'em!" and you'll be ok. Great how thy family and friends are supportive and one even worked on thy resume!
I had a chance yesterday to get out some things about the job to a colleague. Dunno if it helped or hurt my cause, but did it nevertheless. Just finished working for the week and am braindead. Will be back later. |
Good morning on this halfway point in May. The court seems to be hurting a bit - Kaylets bruised and bloodied but stalwartly supported by friends and family - Empress A. braindead and hit by depression. Working environments seem to be lethal and we hope for instant improvement in earth's magnetic field.
wsw, so glad your problems seem to be working in the right direction. And so many royals missing - hope it is not earth's reverse polarity causing the absences but rather that the queens are seeking many pleasures in the warm late spring weather. Things just sort of trudging along here - I consider that good as so oft they are going to Hades. Some gardening progress, some health progress, some little progress in social life. Feeling massively lazy but then it's early. But suspect we'll just do church and then lollygag until it's time to go meet some friends for an early dinner. Heading off tomorrow for a bit of time with the princesses. It's actually been a few weeks but I'm not sure I'm ready to go anywhere for a bit longer. Only reports that the Dowager and her Consort have been sorely missed will put the chariot back on the road. And of course that huggie medicine is always good for heart and soul. So good vibes to all in need of them this a.m. and maybe an 'off' day would be good for all the queenly ones. Fresh Start Monday cards have recently been reprinted and are in goodly supply. Enjoy the ides of May! |
Hello all!
Anagram! Just yesterday while yardsaling, thinking of you as I found a word game called "Anagrams".... havent opened the box yet but do plan to take it work to share during rainy lunches rather than be tempted by vending machines.... My garden also calls... hoping to do some after DH and I return from a yard job.... A good friend is on the verge of serious heart surgery at John Hopkins and has brush and saplings overgrowing a backyard... neighbors beginning to get upset... we're not expecting payment as this friend has done us many favors in the past but perhaps someone will see us and we will be noticed... Which is why I am off but promise to look in again upon my return... At that time I 'll have a thought for the day.... Isnt this a funny one?? I weighed myself w/ shorts/shirt and underwear... then w/o.... scale says the same... guess what I removed was light enough not to change the range... oh well..... Big excitement with the Philadelphia horse Smarty Jones.... Another "Cinderella" story if you will.... hmmm |
A Me-Me Post - weighed in this a.m. and saw a brand new low - 202.00 - 3 out of 5 times. The other two were 201.8 so hope they're a foreshadowing. Anyway, put me in a "lighter" mood. I know one meal of reckless abandon and it'll be back up but still I'm "up" for the moment. This is a full 3 lbs down since Mayday - ok, some of that I ascribe to previous hard work. But it's down .8 for the week - it is also 5.8 lbs down from my weigh in following my return to Demon Scale in early March.
As our Empress would say - Yowza! (I'm not being immodest - just happy.) |
Yowza, indeed, Anagramatic!!! Congrats on the THREE POUNDS DOWN SINCE MAYDAY AND 5.8 DOWN FROM EARLY MARCH!! :cp: :jig: :hb: You're doing great!!!! Also congrats on .8 for the week!
Details of my weigh-in and plan for the week are on the journal thread. Basically I'm the same and have figured out what I need to do to get back into the 140s. Kaylets, I don't think it's unusual for scales (especially digitals) to fluctuate like that (re the clothes versus no clothes thing). I think they all do. I never get on with clothes and I have a longstanding rule that the lowest weight the :devil: reads in a given day is what I weigh! :yes: I try to only get on one time once a week, but have been known to lapse and get on more than once, so in that case, I apply my rule. Consistently, though, my present scale seems to be doing well. If the :devil: misbehaves, he KNOWS he'll be in the trash heap and I'll be in Wallyworld buying a new :devil: !!!!! |
Q Anagram! High Five to you! I CAN RELATE!!
You must be able to see Wonderland on the horizon! The lights are twinkling and you can hear the traffic! I am so excited for you! I remember so well! Just was thinking on the way home that perhaps some of the "old wives tales" about weight hanging on during winter are true.... I seem to have also moved quickly thru a few pounds, and my average is about .5 a week generally. Or is it just more activity becuase we can get out and about and the better weather keeps us motivated?? No matter... We're moving lower on the scale and we're healthier than we've been in years!! May I brag too?? DH and I went to the Big W store... and just because I thought I should.... I tried on a smaller size than my last announcement of a smaller size... There really is a method here... It occurred to me that for the longest time, I could wear size 12 dress pants but only 14 jeans... then when I finally could wear a smaller size jean... I quick went and found dress pants in the same smaller size... but then just today thought... if the size12/size 14 theory was true, then why wouldnt it be again ..... And I was right... If I was so inclined I could 've purchased the smaller size... But the belt was very hard to figure out and yardsales will have lots of choices at better prices... So.... what will my final goal weight size be??? This mornings pleasant suprise was more because I've never been able to wear this size... The stair climbing and etc have trimmed thighs, butt in places that have not been trim ever..... So, sometimes we surpise even ourselves with our efforts.... |
Congrats on that NSV, :queen: K!!!! :cheer: :hb: :cp: Mayhap thou'll find a special magikal belt at a yardsale today to commemorate (sp?) this victory. Then everytime thou weareth it, it'll make you feel special.
Unfortunately, the summer here tends to make most of us put on weight rather than take it off ... but I intend to buck that tradition. I'm having a bit of a setback, but noticed my jeans are quite loose and my rear view seemingly has gone flat! :doh: I may be gaining some muscle (I'm lifting much heavier every week). At all events, if I'm down tomorrow or the next day, I'm going to adopt that as my weight for the week and change all my records! :coffee: I really could use some encouragement, :queen: s!! :) |
Wood Nymph, if you're there, I'm pmging thee! :wave:
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Empress!
Here is a bucket of encouragement! I've included a shiny dipper and a sent a Royal Footman to dispense as needed! Hmmmm.... I like your idea... I like it alot... because ... I already have a belt... from many years anon with a belt buckle just as old... now to find it! It must be close to fitting by now! How come you get to use so many smilies ?? My system is not liking them... ah well... guess the computer issues are in my palace lately! Guess what was in the produce store today! Ugly fruit. and Yes , they are UGLY. I didnt even buy one to try... are they any good anyone??? Need to work a few moments on my Resume. I'll look back in in a few. |
Thanks, :queen: K, I found the bucket outside my royal suite with flowers from the footman! :)
That's a great idea re the belt ... mayhap thou couldst add something new to it (eg, beads or a charm) to tie the older dream of wearing it with the current victory!? I've tried to eat Ugli fruit ... couldn't really figure out what it was good for. With apologies (ahead of time) to any low carbers, I did get a chuckle from an ad I saw in a mag about the new Snackwell cookies, which they are now calling Carb Well (somewhat clinical name for a cookie, n'est pas?)!! It touted the virtues of the low carb cookies, but in small print pointed out that now familiar bit about there are really more carbs in here but some of it is fiber (I'm using my words, they said it much more diplomatically), so it probably doesn't affect your blood sugar, so don't count it, and some of it is sugar alcohol that likely doesn't affect your blood sugar, so don't count it, except that there's no research on whether the sugar alcohol affects your blood sugar or not, so, well, don't worry about it, except that (the disclaimer continued, paraphrased in my words) these products have from 90 to 120 calories per serving, so if you are trying to lose weight, count calories, too. Sheesh. My word. |
Anagram, congrats on dropping the pounds! What's your secret, any shifts in your routine? Tell all!
Kaylets, Pretty cool to try out those smaller sizes. About the ugly fruit, I tried it and wasn't impressed. Kinda like a mediocre grapefruit. I tried a 'new' apple called a grapple. It's an apple infused with grape essence or something like that. Maybe it's one of those genetically engineered mutant fruits, but heck I'll try anything once! It was great [but expensive], the look and texture of an apple but the taste and aroma of grapes. Freaky-deaky indeed. Amarantha, here's a boatload of encouragement--are you feeling it? You're so inspiring, if I can send some good vibes your way, believe me, I'm on the case! I've been meaning to ask you--do you have those toned lifter's arms? I finally got a little tone-age started when I did BFL for a while last summer--love that! That was a big problem area for me for a long time. And I'm envious of your flatter butt!!! I can't get mine to deflate for anything---Oh well, J Lo got it to work for her--why not me? :lol: Oh girls, I had such a bad food day. I don't know what happened. I was doing a reception at work and one thing led to another. Oh the shame! Shiny bright new week ahead of us all though! |
Yo, yes, :queen: E, I'm feeling the boatload-o-encouragement vibes!! Yowza! :yes: I do feel encouraged. Had a good eating day, at least calorically.
Re my arms, they could be better! With the trainer's help, I've made great strides and have rather impressive biceps and the tris are coming along nicely. My favorite exercise for triceps (though you didn't ask) is the dip machine (or whatever they call it). You can easily do dips at home on a bench or even on the floor. Lately I've only been doing one-third of the body on a given weight day and that's why I can afford to go much heavier and do a lot of exercises for one part at a time, so I do think I'm building more muscle. I've just been rotating upper and lower body on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On cardio days, I do all the core stuff, some weighted, some not. Theoretically, I do yoga every other day at night, but that hasn't been a happening thing lately. The flatter butt happened because I'm doing heavier weights in that area and lots of reps of different exercises, which is exactly the opposite of what I'd think would happen, but it's a good thing! More than you wanted to know, but there it is! If only that :devil: Scale would cooperate! |
P.S. Somewhere on 3FC, Ledom has posted the URL of a woman's personal BFL website/blog ... I can't remember the name or address. I think the site's posted on the EFL thread Suzanne started on General Diet Plans. I'm too lazy to look it up again but it'd be easy to find it or maybe everyone else has already seen it and I'm the only one it was news to. Anyhow, the reason I'm mentioning this is that the site shows a picture of the woman and those are the exact arms I intend to have, not to mention her shoulders. She's considerably younger than I, but that's ok, because I really intend to have her upper body.
She also has a section where she's posted pics of her favorite BFL meals and there's some good ideas there for mini meals ... it's quite an amusing site ... she says she's been known to consider a donut as a carb portion, so you can see why I like it. Ok, bye. |
Hello all!
Here we go Monday! Will go to edit my profile tonight but am very pleased this am with my weighin... In fact, need a reminder about our latest challenge.. sprint.. is Memorial Day the deadline?? Do I remember what I challegened myself?? Empress! Please review the royal spreadsheet! and tell me where I was when we began!! And oh, by the way, the scale this am read 153 lbs.... *** Thought of the day : " Treat everyone gently. Everyone is fighting their own battle." Question of the day : "How will the cost of gas affect you?" ***** And.... Please send more positive thoughts... job related.... I've made some inquiries and believe I recved a very favorable response.... Thanks ! KETTLE IS ON! |
So much energy, good vibes and positive thoughts swirling around the kingdom today. All blowing in Kaylet's direction but stirring up some strong encouragement winds to the Empress as well. I'm catching showers of all and really excited this a.m. about my Monday Fresh Start.
Eydie, I don't think I'm eating all that much less but have picked up on my water intake and am back to pool exercising. Plus my body holds onto weight and eventually will give it up, more or less all at once. I do have a tendency to lose better in spring and summer as well. More yardwork usually. Kaylets, 12 and 14 sound like wonderful numbers to me. Heck, I'm still thrilled to be back into my 18s. But 12 would be my dream number. Not even thinking about Wonderland. Did that last year at this time and actually did a projection that had me there by last September. That slowed it all down. So I'm on the pound at a time plan. Nonetheless if it happens, you'll hear me shouting. Queen Eydie, inspiration of all, one bad day will not set you back on your aim to reach a goal below your goal. I suspect you needed that as you mentioned having more cravings lately. Mental picture of Empress with perfectly toned upper body........Sounds like the weights are working for you. Gas prices? Just make me poorer, I guess. Doubt I'll change much else but glad we got the Toyota last summer. Use that for all longer trips and it gets good mileage. My car gets to sit in garage and look beautiful. |
flying by again... Laden with a big project at work (it's a comprehensive learning guide on viruses, spyware & etc. -- what it is, how to detect it, remove it, and protect yourself from it) that I've got to finish in two weeks, along with regular work. But did get some affirmation that my contract will almost certainly be renewed, so --- that's good! I didn't work on the weekend -- we actually went to Fundy Park in New Brunswick and hiked. Now today I'm just about paralyzed and achy, so must save energy for work. I read all your posts and thought responses to you -- what a wonderful group of women you are!
K -- just an update, so you know I'm not lost completely! Love to all... let's make this a good one! |
Yo! Arabella, hi! :wave: Updating the pm I sent thee, the program doesn't work on my computer, so I'm out the price because the store won't take it back! Sigh!
:queen: K, I don't think we had a Memorial Day sprint. Thought we only went to Mayday. Dunno, I got lost in where we were in Sprintland when the server changed and I couldn't post, so I just decided to post a challenge to journal every day in May ... maybe somebody should post a quickie sprint to end Memorial Day? Sending job related vibes thy way!!! :yes: At any rate, I know thou be doing fantastic in the weight department!!!! Great weigh-in! :cheer: Anagramatic: Thanks for the encouragement ... I need lots of it! Do we have some missing in action :queen: s out there who are thinking of coming to the castle for the all-queen check-in that I just thought of hosting in the royal great hall? I just know we do!!!! :yes: Yowza!!! Let's all report in today, :queen: s!!! Report, report, report! Sis boom bah! :cheer: BTW, I hate weaving! :yes: Sis boom bah! |
Re gas prices, they're the least of my worries! :)
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Hello, my dears. Sorry I've been gone so long.
I've been going through a bit of a Crisis of Dissatisfaction and sort of holed up and didn't talk to people at all, much. Just my husband, best friend and brother, as usual, in that order. Nothing big - nothing to be alarmed about. We just create our own suffering sometimes, you know? Lack of discipline makes life so much harder to slog through sometimes, and it gets bad enough sometimes (eg: money, fitness, nutrition, house cleaning, etc.) that you start to feel very powerless and depressed. I missed you all, hope you're all OK. I'll be back later to catch up (I haven't even been lurking) and do posties. Kaylets, positive thoughts for your job hunt! Much love, |
Helllooooo!
Just popping by with encouragement for Kaylets and Amarantha! And congrats to Anagram on the loss! I'm back at the South Beach, and getting loads of encouragement from a co-worker who has lost 25 lbs on a similar plan since February. She looks fabulous! I have to dash to get laundry done and pack for a business trip...will be out of town until the end of the week. Hi to everyone! :wave: |
Hello all!!
Thanks for your efforts!! ITS WORKING!!! I have a "meeting" tomorrow am, early... PLEASE KEEP SENDING POSITIVITY!!! I hate to be so vague but I guess I'm superstitious about these things... suffice to say... I WANT THIS ONE!!!! I know I will suprise 99.9 of those who havent seen me in 2 yrs by my appearance, much less, fresh haircut.... Cerise.... I can relate... sometimes I too would rather just eat worms... hmmmmm..... wonder if that's how the whole problem began for me.... Missed you're posts... its n ot the same when someone can't come by ... As I'm leaving very early tomorrow, I may not be able to post... BUT PLEASE SEND "YOU MUST HAVE Q Kaylets!! " Energy to the East Coast!! Thanks for bearing with me on this roller coaster ride I've been on the past 10 days or so.... ;) |
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Message dispatched to the general direction of the East Coast by vibometric volumizer:
'YOU MUST HAVE :queen: K!!!! YOU MUST HAVE :queen: K!!!! YOU MUST ... :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: |
Yo again!
Glad to see thy post, Cerise!!!! Sorry thou beist down. Sometimes I get that crisis thing, too, and don't want to see or communicate with people or even post here with the fab :queen: s, which really IS a sign of a crisis. But glad thou hast returned to the palace environs ... thought I saw thy fav towel boy around somewhere ...
Wildfire, thou canst not go away the whole week without making arrangements to report into the palace!!!! :nono: Well, if thou must, thou must, but thou'll be missed!!! :coffee: But have fun anyway and hope thy frolic on the Beach be successful!!! :wave: Speaking of alienation, though no one was, I am feeling quite alienated from my weaving class and from the whole topic of weaving altogether. I may not go back to the class. Weaving may not be the craft for me. I've been having unpleasant experiences with it and it's supposed to be a hobby, not another downer in my life. I think I should crochet or something. I make very nice crocheted doilies!!! :) |
REUNION PARTY PROPOSED BY AMARANTHA: Hmmm. I'm reminded that we seem to have lost a number of royal women here in the past few months. This post is a plea for an all- :queen: reunion ... I'm curious as to how some of our old pals are doing and wondering what palace grounds they wander on these days ... should auld acquaintance be ferget, Lassies, or those days o' auld lang syne. I think not!!!
Hath the 3D earth swallowed up our comrades in :queen: ship? :) Some that come to mind that haven't been amongst us ere these long times are Frogger, Dollar, Seattlejo and the :queen: from England whose handle I'm embarrased to say I've forgotten but she was nice (it wasn't THE :queen: from England who lives in Buckingham Palace, but it was A :queen: who journeyed with us on 3FC)!!!! Going further back, I'm remembering Hotsplashes and some other :queen: s whose names I've forgotten but whose essence lingers. Some :queen: s are still amongst us but posting less and less and that's sad but understandable as our lives and personalities evolve and our interests shift and/or our careers demand extra time (it's so tacky of those careers to demand time). Anyhow, I do think a reunion party would be nice and am challenging everyone to check into the palace, grab a towel boy, er, grab a towel FROM a towel boy, relax in the ocean-sized magikal palace pool, wander the royal hallways, go to the journal challenge thread and journal something, send good vibes to :queen: K and encouragement to thy fellow :queen: s (especially Amarantha, who is about to binge again today and needs encouragement, encouragement, encouragement)!!! Awhile back, I believed the problems I had on 3FC and the time I spent here wouldn't allow me to post here again. I actually have experienced this feeling a number of times, yet I always find my way back to the :queen: s!!! I'm hoping a big reunion party at the palace will induce other to do likewise!!! Party on. :hb: :hat: :flow1: :cheers: :hb: :hat: :flow1: :cheers: :hb: :hat: :flow1: :cheer: |
anagram-congrats on the weight loss. terrific!
kaylets-congrats on the nsv! that is great! so good being reminded that hard work really does pay off. congrats on the weight loss too. sending positive job thoughts your way. hi amarantha! your enthusiasm and spirit inspire me and i just wanted to remind you of that, empress. hi cerise, arabella, zadie K, eydie! i haven't had a chance to catch up on all the posts but wanted to check in and say hello. i am op and writing down my food intake, along with exercising regularly again, so even though things are going slowly, i am relieved to be back on the right track. thinking of all of you, mentioned and unmentioned, and wishing you a pleasant day. take care. |
Hello all!!
Well, I think I gave it my best... now its the paperwork routine... backgrounds, etc, etc... We'll see.... Thanks for the good vibes Empress... I think I really felt them about 2 pm EST... I felt as though whatever happens will be for the best... YES! A reunion is a grand idea! Very royal! Shall we send the footmen out with Engraved Inviations? ( been waiting my whole life to say that!) Anyone seen any of the PBS Colonial Life program?? We saw a tiny bit last night... am looking forward to more tonight. Talk about reality tv! Need to do some chores... I will try and check in again tonight. |
hi all!
cerise-i'm sorry to hear you have been having a rough time lately. i am certainly sending good thoughts and a big hug your way. wildfire-hope your business trip goes well. amarantha-sending lots of encouragement your way. kaylets-glad to hear your meeting went well. hope everything turns out great for you. well, you are a grand group of women and thinking about you inspires me to hang in there. thinking of you all. take good care. wsw |
Yowza!!!! Wsw, thankee for the encouragement and for YOUR enthusiasm and spirit!!!! Was looking at thy stats and thou hast come a long way!!! You are doing a fantastic job!!!!
Kaylets, am glad the message reached thee via Vibometric Volumizer!!!! It's a new technology and not as reliable as Towel Boys and Footmen!!!!! Yea, I think we should send out engraved invites to our reunion and now that I think of it, we should target a date (or date range) on which we'd like everyone to return to the palace and post a HOWDEEEEEEEE!!!! Mayhap we could have the Royal Research Team do a search for former :queen: s and send them an invite that way ... or is that too pushy? Maybe they aren't posting anymore because they stopped liking us? :yikes: No, it couldn't be that. Who could not like us? :doh: |
Hello all!
Here we go Wednesday, here we go! YIKES ! About 8:30 appetite came back ! x 10 ... seemed like there were hunger pains for all the days I had no appetite! I finally went to bed out of desperation.... My arm was going into autopilot reaching and stuffing! Luckily, all that was available was veg soup and bread... but still..... Yes, Empress... a date for the reunion, invites, caterer, lets plan a royal event... and no, I think folks are just a little distracted or suffering computer issues... I cannot imagine anyone deciding they don't like us... especially thyself and thy royal personage... ***** Thought of the day : "Never try to teach a pig to sing.... you will only annoy the pig." Question of the day : "Have you ever seen a cicada?" ***** KETTLE IS ON! |
My appetite's on autopilot, too, :queen: K!!! Tomorrow will be better but today's a dead loss and I've still got hours and hours and hours of work, meetings, etc., and know I'll eat more!!!!
I'd love to hear what our extant :queen: s think of a reunion party? Working but will be back sometime. Isn't a cicada a grasshopper? Have seen lots of those. :) |
Sorry I've been MIA. My computer seems to be losing its edge, very slow lately. LOVE the idea of a queenly reunion! I do wonder what's happened to some of the sisters.
I've been wanting to eat everything in sight lately! What's up with that? I was sharing yesterday's menu on the food thread and I must admit it's a bit more, ahem, "festive" than usual! I was able to resist the urge to eat a couple of times today by telling myself that I want to feel skinny on my birthday! Kaylets, we had the cicada invasion last year. Let's see...what do I remember? The sound they made---when they really got going, it was maddening. So loud! And they left their "husks" everywhere. And apparently they're very tasty because I saw our dogs eating lots of them. And I remember we had some British friends visiting and they saw one on the deck and he said, "Oooh, a cock-chafer!" I assume that's their word for a hard-shelled insect or something. Unfortunately I shamed myself by giggling hysterically. Oh well.... :lol: |
Hello all!!
So here we are, at Thursday already! We are going to do it! We will get to Friday! As long as we keep trying we are still making progress! To everyone ! I must leave very early for an appointment... Have a good day... I want to tell you all how much I rely on you stopping in ... its always great to find you've been by just event say hi. Here's positive thoughts for all of us! Please send some my way! I know I keep asking for them but I couldn't do it without you! **** Thought of the day : " We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released." --Jean Houston Question of the day : "Are you following American Idol? Who will win?" **** KETTLE IS ON! . . . . . . . . . . Life is too important to be taken seriously |
Good morning, :queen:s of the Realm!
We have gotten a mite quiet around the palace, have we not. As for me, I've got too much work to do, and I know Punkin -- and perhaps others -- are suffering with the same problems. I've decided to dump WW and join an online diet group (Landry.com). It's much better suited to my philosophy, very health-oriented. Also has some sort of formalized WI procedure (not sure how that works -- I'll get my package from them in the mail). They have an ongoing "exercise minutes" contest that runs 3 weeks at a time. I'm going to use it to challenge myself, although I don't really expect to come first -- they only count aerobic exercise and the last winner logged nearly 2 hours a day. But I might come in second... :chin: I lost 8 pounds in my 10 weeks at WW, not bad (although of course I was hoping for 20 or 30 :rolleyes: ), but I think I'm going to like this better. Cerise, darling! Hope you're feeling better. I think that's one of the hazards of being someone who really FEELS things -- sometimes it's just not a great feeling, but you can't have the ups without the downs. Here's to up! :cheers: Eydie, y'know, I bet that a bit of flux after reaching goal is the norm. Plus, of course, the desire to celebrate! Maybe you have a treat or two -- you KNOW you're not going to gain back the weight. wsw, hope you're feeling well! Are you managing to get settled into your new place? Punkin, how goes the battle? 'Tis almost FRIDAY!!! :queen: Kaylets is right -- we will get there! Anagram, you're probably wise to ignore the borderline of Onederland and just slip over quietly. Looking so forward to those shouts of victory! What kind of car is yours, the lovely one sitting in the garage? Wildfire, how was your trip? Did you manage to mix some pleasure in with the business? Amarantha, I was very saddened to hear that weaving wasn't going to do it for you. Nevertheless, I know you will move enthusiastically on to your next pursuit. You mentioned crocheting -- do you ever crochet clothes? Kaylets, what a wonderful thought of the day! So true! Thank you so much for finding so much wit and wisdom and bringing it to us here. Hope your job stuff is working out as desired. :crossed: Okey-dokey, my doves! I'm going to grab another cup of coffee and get some work done. Feeling allergic and hard-of-thinking, but maybe the caffeine will pull me through. Love to all, mentioned or unmentioned. Let's make this a good one! |
Positive thoughts sent out on universal continuum for :queen: K!!! Yay, K!!! They need you, they really do!!!
Yea, Arabella, I like to knit and crochet sweaters, but it's too hot in Arizona, so haven't done it in awhile. I like to make bags, though. But I don't think crochet's a happening thing for me either these days. The Landry thing looks interesting. I may take a peek, unless it's a paying site ... and on the other hand, I like it here best anyway. :) Very busy with work also but don't wanna see the ol' palace crumble into ruins here. But I do think we could use some more activity. I'm really into the food journaling thread and may post a 21-day challenge thread as well. I'm kind of not into the reunion thing ... I'm thinking we won't get many folkettes showing up at the "party" and that'll depress me! :hat: :hb: :flow1: But all friends eventually drift apart, all palaces fall into ruins and all things in the universal continuum are just as they should be ... and :queen: K is gonna get her job!!!! :yes: As for me, I'm depressed again. :doh: Later, gators! |
Amarantha, there's a fee for the group I joined, but it's an interactive diet thing. No forum. Their newsletters are really good and informative, though -- and free!
Sorry you're depressed, too. I'm fighting depression/anxiety, the deadly duo. Let's concentrate on feeling better! XO to you, and a banana too :cb: |
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