Good afternoon all! Wow- once again I had to take notes as I read so I could remember what I want to say to everyone. You guys are posting machines.
Red- I was flipping channels right before bed last night and on the shopping channel they were selling this really cool heater. I wish you could have seen it- totally safe- can't burn down the place and cool to the touch on the outside. It was only $99 too which isn't too bad. I think it would have been perfect for your apartment and would reduce the gas effects. It was totally cool- about 3 inches thick and hung on the wall like a plasma TV.
Anyway- Thanks for the links to the recipes- I will try one and get back to you how it is. I am also going to rent the film you were talking about- sounds cool.
So- you are a redhead- never would have figured that. I have this mental pic of everyone in my head and I never would have pegged your hair as red. Shows what I know. We should all post our pics on line sometime.
kjk- good to hear from you- you are doing really well this week. I wanted to mention to you that Lane Bryant does a bra sale twice a year and some of the bras go for $5.99 a piece. I got 7 bras last time they did that.
little grasshopper- I am with you on the pain in buying bras. I absolutely hate it!
How are things with you today?
Jacque- I just ordered Yourself!Xbox online from amazon. I am looking forward to starting it once it gets here.
Don't sweat the .5 pound- Red is right- it is a process. It will turn itself around in time- you are exercising and changing your body. I do hope you don't get your exercise tomorrow by having to walk to work. Do you have a bus system? Good luck to your hubby however on the promotion.
NBK- Thanks for the explanation on how to make it and I will give it a try on Sunday when I cook for the week.
Great job this week with the exercise! You are doing great!
I got a chuckle from your science queen nickname- didn't know you were so into science and apparently sci fi. What is your favorite area of science?
stormy- Smart move cutting back- budgeting will be worth it to have more time. School is going OK so far- I ran about a million errands today (financial aid hit and I had shopping to do) so I have to read tonight. I am keeping it together. It helps to talk to someone going through it!
Great job with your workouts!!!
Okay well just wanted to catch up- I have some things I have to do tonight.
I will be on later- keep chatting- it keeps me motivated and helps anyone in crisis who needs to talk right away.
Thanks again everyone!
Crime girl.. I am an engineer.. but my biggest interest in science is probably in particle physics... I love all areas tho.. not that hot on biology, but zoology, physics especially time stuff, chemistry etc anything and everything. I did my thesis for my engineering degree on the particle physics involved in the natural phenomenon on ball lightning - when lightning is observed in a "globe" type formation, not a line or fork or sheet.. it was really cool. I got to go and play in the electrical engineering high voltage lab. I am a chemical and process engineeer formally and i work as a process engineer at my job, in charge of plant optimisation and design. phew there's a lot..
as for Sci-Fi I love philip K Dick.. huxley.. all the old stuff.. Not fantasy or dune tho..
Hi everyone! One little trip to the gym and I'm reading novels when I get home It's GREAT!!
Red - you've been here for a month. Look at where you are exercise wise now, compared to a month ago. You've stopped dining while you walk, you've given up the daily coffee funnel that was your cup! You've made a lot of really positive changes. At some point you HAVE to acknowledge that you've made progress. It's easy to focus on what we've let happen to ourselves...and I agree with that too (those that forget history....) but you HAVE made great changes in the month you've been here and it hasn't been easy for you. We're all very proud of you. Are you?? I hope so!!!! You'll get where you want to be and I can understand being angry at letting yourself get there. It's hard to believe that there is so much extra to our bodies right now - we "feel" the same on the inside...so what's the extra stuff??? Anyway, I just want to give you a warm fuzzy to carry through the day with you! While you're kicking yourself add a little "you're doing great now KEEP IT UP!!"
Jacque I found a bra today and it was 27.00..not too bad. I was very relieved to find one at the first store!
NBK - I don't think I've ever found a bra at Kmart of walmart that was as supportive. I still bounce all over the place and they wear out fast. BUT I quit looking years ago because of that. Maybe I should look again. oh to be a b cup and be able to buy the cute matching sets..........
Crime girl - you sound like you're doing much better!! I'm so glad! I was watching home shopping this am too passes the time very well sometimes!
Stormy - I don't like the iceberg lettuce they use on most salads either and a lot of times they don't wash it and the chemicals are still on it and that's a sure sign that I'm going to get a sick stomach within 15 minutes of eating! Subway lettuce especially! Not all the time but I can tell when it hasn't been washed. I'd rather have Spinach too, or another dark green of some kind. I eat so much spinach though!!
okay guys I have GOT to eat dinner. Had my yummy detox shake....OH - stormy - you asked about my shake. The one I told you about is specifically for people with chemical sensitivities...it would show in their bodies and Fibro or CFS...and other disorders along those lines. I'm hoping to only be on it a couple of months - of course it's really yummy so i don't care if they keep me on it
Crime girl -- posting machines! Yes, that's us! It's certainly not helping me get my work done here but oh well, I'm sick of work and I'll do it eventually. Actually, I had totally forgotten about it!
The heater sounds cool. It may not be hot enough though I'm afraid. That's the good thing with kerosene. It's very hot. I have an electric heater too but it can't do too much when the room's really cold, like now. But I have to be more careful about opening the windows or getting out of the room. On days I go into the office it's not so bad but other days I'm in here for hours at a time and that's not good. You all were talking about SAD but I think I get a lot of sun actually because of the riding and it's outdoors, no indoor arena. I think a lot of the down feeling may indeed be from the fumes, carbon monixide and whatever.
If you rent "The Red Balloon" remember that is a very artsy film, quiet and full of metaphor and symbolism. You can't watch it in the same mindset as you would, say, watch, "Ocean Twelve" or something (on my mind because Clooney, Pitt and Damon (spelling?) were all here yesterday for a press conference for the movie that's just coming to Tokyo now. Darn, if I'd known I could have gone and seen them close up! Shucks. No, but really, with Red Balloon, try to get into an artsy mood. Don't know how you'd do that. Get quiet, dim the lights, play some quiet jazz, sip wine slowly out of fancy crystal glass, read some French and then. . okay, maybe you'd be ready. . .
Why didn't you think I was a redhead? It's an auburn, not a carrot top. It's the French in me (rest is German) same color as my mother's was, same as her father. What does a redhead mean to you, or dare I ask?! I'd say I'm the tomboy redhead, not the sexpot, which is in in my mind a garish red. I remember at the stables when I was a kid, all the girls were redheads. Feisty little tomboys all riding horses and teasing the boys something horrible. That kind of redhead. I have tempered over the years, gaining deep insights into the world and infinite wisdom. . . uh huh, uh huh, drinking a bit too much of that wine yourself, are you red?
NBK -- I just realized that we're neck and neck and stormy too for our goals. About the same weight now and similar goals for Valentine's Day. I want to be just under 70 kgs by then. Join us in our little competition and we can go for a three-way photo finish!
oh, grasshopper, you're too sweet. Your warm fuzzy brought tears to my eyes. I mean it. And, "dining while I walk" yes, that's too funny!! and not funny at all. It's what I looked like from the outside. And yes, we don't feel any different inside, do we, at least not with some of these gains and losses and certain ways of feeling. You know, yesterday I had this great feeling walking home from riding and it's part of what got me to then go out again to the gym. I felt so centered, calm, I could feel my back muscles strong yet relaxed and just really centered. I guess it came from the riding, because that's the basis of dressage. You have to be centered and calm and listening to the horse's movements so closely. But I hadn't felt this before. Maybe it's also from getting off my caffeine adrenalin brain and body fry!
So, grass, you were at the gym? have a good workout?
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Red - had a great work out! Thanks!! That makes every day this week I got 30 minutes at least of cardio and 30 at least of weight training - plus on Tuesday night I had pilates and wed I had yoga. Wow, it's good to remind myself of that. The scales have been climbing all week - that's probably why.
I have to cook dessert for a Ronald McDonald house dinner my Kiwanis club is serving Saturday night. BF wants me to make cookies and stuff like that. I don't think I should - it's a lot easier to eat a cookie than to cut a slice into a cake before you deliver it We'll see. Worst case, I buy something premade and serve it. I am not to be trusted around that much yummy stuff. You guys that baked over Christmas and didn't eat everything you made are gods to me
Red - I imagine dressage would have a lot to do with core stregth and relaxation. Some day I'll right a horse and have more of a clue - some day
NBK - your job sounds really interesting! sounds like you get to do a lot of travel with it. That's one thing I miss now. I use to travel all over the US and I haven't left NC in almost a year now. I will at the end of the month though I love to travel!!!
well - off to do my ab work. I've been putting it off. It's time now.
Crime girl, I would love to know what you think each of us looks like Are we not as fat as we say we are? Long, hair, short hair, color of hair, etc? Pretty interesting huh? What do I look like?
It seems like you are more calm today. Has your eating went well? Have you exercised?
Red, I did exercise this AM. It is on Thursday on my list . I guess it must be Friday for you. Congrats on the 2 pounds lost I can't believe you missed out on the chance to see those three hotties in the same room together
GH, congrats on finding a bra So what does your ab workout consist of?
NBK, you and my hubby would get along. You NERD He has his doctoral degree in neuropharmacology, but he loves physics. He does a lot of research with MRIs and other imaging techniques.
KJK, I thought of you today. I bought a box of little weight watchers snack cakes. It was one point for one! See my problem is that I love chocolate so one helped to satisfy my craving a little bit.
Stormy - I have exactly the same problem with snack cakes and baked goods...one is never enough. My ab workout is 150 crunches in the am..nothing extreme - just get them done. At night I try to do atleast 10 minutes of pilates exercises..the hundred, tap downs, full extensions, single leg stretches and lots of roll ups, really slow because I suck at those. I also hang from the death trap machine at the gym and bring my knees to my chest.
Red - I didn't picture you as a red head either. I think I saw you as dirty blond maybe. medium length but in pony tails a lot? pulled out of the way of whatever you are doing. I did see comfy clothes - because of all the walking you have to do to get around. But I saw a serious and intense face that can really brighten up when you smile.
Stormy - I'm still trying to figure you out. I've seen too many PT's - I think I've type cast you. Sorry! (for that, it's okay if you think I run around with flowers in my hear - spraying essential oils into the air behind me )
LOL GH you are hilarious! Although, I have known a few weird MTs, I also have close friends who are normal who are MTs. We were lucky to have a great one in the clinic I used to work in. She was always so busy as we would refer to her all of the time. It was great b/c she also referred her clients if she knew that they needed back exercises,etc.
I haven't found a good PT here yet. I have a friend that is currently and MT but she is thinking she wants to go back to school because her hands and arms aren't holding up well at all. I'm not sure if she's serious or just fishing for options right now but I think she'd be good at physical therapy.
Do you know anything about the Mckenzie method?? I have a client that is in PT and they are using it. I've never heard of it.
Well PT may not be a good choice for her b/c we do tons of hands on stuff. We do massage, joint mobilizations, patient transfers, teaching people who are paralyzed how to walk again, etc, that all require major use of the hands/arms etc. I am only 28 and I already have problems and I have only been doing it for a little under 7 years. The McKenzie method is very effective. It was developed in New Zealand, I think. However, many PTs are trained in it. You learn a little about it in school, but most of it through continuing education. Basically it teaches centralization. It is great for people with herniations, bulges, etc. or for people with poor posture. It includes assessment, treatment, and prevention strategies to help reduce pain. I can go on about it but I do not want to bore others on the board. Anyway, sorry to hear that there are no good PTs who you know of in the area. Do you work for a chiropractor or a medical doctor? I know that many chiropractors do not like PTs. I, however, have formed good relationships with a few who do like PTs and they realize the need for exercise intervention. Do you have PTs in your office? I personally like the team approach, where there are a variety of health professionals working together to meet the needs of the patient or client.
Holy Cow! I've got 2 1/2 pages to read so sorry if I leave anyone or anything out!
Grasshopper,
I'm refusing to walk to work...so I told them I wouldn't be there and if they have issues...I don't really care (I hate my job)
Red,
Thanks for the words of encouragement The scale is well hidden now and I made my hubby promise to only let me see it 2 times a week! 1 on Sunday Morning and 2 I get one free glance a week
Your life sounds so exciting! I've never even left the states, and only been to about 5 of them anywho... I'm jealous!
Stormy,
That story about rescueing your cat is too sweet!! All of my animals (3 of them) are shelter animals, and my dog growing up was a rescue dog (we found him in the trash can on Christmas eve )
kjk,
Everything here is more expensive than anywhere else...I'm sure of it I think it's just a conspiracy!
NBK,
I've gotten a few at walmart and target but I've found that the underwires stick out and poke me in the arm throughout the day...rather painful! Oh well, hopefully all that problem will be gone soon enough
Crimegirl,
We have a bus system but it would take 2 hours to get from my house to work! So I'd rather walk...
On the workfront tomorrow, I'm NOT walking I told my boss that and he about flipped out, and then I reminded him that we're in Avalanche warnings and that being outside is not a very smart idea for long periods of time I hate my job, so it wouldn't bug me too much if I just had to quit...
I'm taking today off from exercise My feet are so sore from work, but I did park my car way at the back every place I went so I had to walk farther... and I stand and walk all day at work... so I'm not too worried about it!
Jacque - I don't blame you for not wanting to walk. Will your car be ready tomorrow?? Nothing like unplanned car trouble. Bf drives a company car so I usually have his as a back up.
Stormy - You know, my client is under the impression that the people working on her have some rare, special, one in a million training and she is just lucky enough to be there for it. Oh well, she IS improving, and very nicely too. I work in an Applied Kinesiologist's office. There are the two doctors and me. One doctor does fully understand the need for PT's and personal trainers as well - when someone begins a new program. The other thinks his medicine is the end all, cure all. New doctor. Anyway, the doctors are both chiropractors and the head doctor is also a nuerologist. He seems to completely understand hte benefits of all types of therapy. I agree with you about my friend wanting to change to PT for her hands...this is the friend that doens't listen though...She'll have to figure it out for herself. I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble with your arms - I can see why though! You do a lot more heavy stuff that I do. Still there are days that I know I'd better ice my arms and hands between clients or there is going to be trouble.
okay I'm rambling about stuff the rest of you could care less about - sorry! I am trying to get my 8 glasses of water in before bed. Better go refill
BTW - keep this stored away for when I panic! Some people gain water weight at the beginning of the detox thing I'm on now. If I'm being good and start plumping up PLEASE remind me it's water so I don't give up and pig out anyway!!! I know I'll need it!!
Hi everyone!
I wanted to mention to you that Lane Bryant does a bra sale twice a year and some of the bras go for $5.99 a piece. I got 7 bras last time they did that. 
Parlez-vous francais? . . .
Are we not as fat as we say we are? Long, hair, short hair, color of hair, etc? Pretty interesting huh? What do I look like? 
So what does your ab workout consist of?
so one helped to satisfy my craving a little bit.
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