OK, looks like no one is on. It'd be Friday evening for most of you. Hope you're having a good time. Like I said, I didn't make it to the gym last night. No big thing. I ate well yesterday, and the walking I did in the morning was a good thing. I used to walk even more but just hadn't been doing it lately. It's easy to get off the train a stop or two earlier or get on later, as long as you leave a bit early.
Well, not much to say here, since I had no great workouts to speak of last night.
little grasshopper -- you said the scales are climbing. do you weigh yourself often? Doesn't that bother you? Yes, with all that exercise the weight is sure to go up but it should drop later, unless you're going super heavy on the weights. What kind of workouts do you do, machines, free weight?
Don't know if you've already made your dessert for the Kiwanis thing but yeah, why put yourself through the torture and/or possible calorie barrage of cookies. Just buy something. The culture still I think has this baking makes you a better woman attitude. All these contradictions thrown at us. The thin woman who doesn't bake calorie-laden cookies and cakes is somehow not a good provider or something like that. No wonder it's so hard to lose weight.
Wow, why doesn't anyone think of me as a redhead. This is starting to bother me.
Yes, dressage is greatly about core strength and balance and softening enough to feel the horse's movement and be able to influence it by making it easy for the horse to take the first step into that new movement and the next and the next. Have you never ridden a horse? You really must give it a try.
You know, I like the way you have your exercise kind of compartmentalized. You saying you have to do your ab work. I tend to lump it all together and so if I can't go to the gym I do absolutely nothing. There's a lot I could do at home, the ab stuff or calisthenics just with body weight. I have some dumbbells too. Must start just doing things, instead of thinking of it as a set.
What's this about a new detox program and the possibility of you gaining water weight? is this a different program from normally?
stormy -- yeah, it would have been nice to see clooney, pitt and damon all together. At least I saw them on TV. I was disappointed in clooney, who has been my favorite. Pitt was doing the most talking in the clips I saw, joking and so and damon was too. they seemed much more interesting in fact. clooney had on a goofy looking shirt that made him look like a clergyman and his hair was so gray and he looked like he'd gained weight. Ee gads! Aren't I horrible. Oh, and I just remembered. I had a dream last night where I met George Clooney. I was in a packed train and he got on and he came right over to me, big smile and said, hi there, how you doing and shook my hand. I start talking to him like old friends asking him he liked japaan and so and we're joking and such. We exchanged business cards and he said I should call him and I could show him around tokyo a bit. Then the train doors opened on the wrong side of the train, where there was no platform and he lept off and ran across the tracks. I realized that the train people had probably prepared this for him so he could escape the crowds quickly. What a funny dream, eh?!?!
Crime girl -- You know, all this talk of what people look like. I don't think I have any pictures in my head ever of looks. How odd. I guess I'm too into inner things, feeling and thoughts and never visual things. I think I'm more cerebral than emotional though. I can't say I have a clothing style now because I always just wear the same thing, functional, shirt, pants, jackets. It's basically because I have no money left for clothes but also because I can't wear the things I'd like to and look good with the body I have. So I've never developed a style. I don't feel that my look is me at all, though of course to others that is me. I suppose if I wanted to express my look and could wear anything that would express it and look good in it I would be wearing very classic things. Hmm. will have to think of this. Not sure I know what urban chic entails so can't say if you're on the spot there.
Jacque -- how are you doing? Good that the scale is safely away. That's so funny, a Sunday look and a "free glance" once a week!
Oh yes, we had a series of posts about our animal stories here. You should go back and find it so we can learn all about our little critters! Oh, thank you for helping your animals, rescuing them from shelters. Can you imagine someone putting a dog in a trash can on Christmas eve?! It makes me shudder to think of the things people can do? Are these the same people as you and me? How can they be the same humans and yet so different. Sometimes I have great doubts about our species.
I hope you don't lose your job and good for you for thinking of yourself and taking a day off. Hope your feet feel better.
NBK -- I hear you on not wanting to join the challenge and can understand that. Wow, your boyfriend sounds hot! And cool-sounding arms you have. I love lean muscular arms but have never had anything lean and muscular looking on me. I am always hulky looking I think. Stop being hard on yourself with the weight loss thing. Obviously your boyfriend likes something about you and thinking negatively about your body isn't going to help. Bring out the inside you, the personality, the life, that is what is attractive. It's never just the body. There is nothing worse than some woman sitting there looking pretty but with no life to her. Borrrrring!!
OK, gotta run. Been taking too long here and haven't even eaten breakfast. Got to shower and wanted to leave early to walk. Rainy morning. Yuck.
Stormy, I just saw your post before I posted this. Thanks for your words. They made me feel better. Yes, I think getting together to shoot the bull over beers is not a good reason for staying at a place. I was talking this over a bit with the guy I was out with last night, till someone else showed up and then the conversation gets less personal. He was saying I could keep my hand in with just one shift a week or so at the office but then he was saying I could just cut all ties and forget about the paper. I think there may have been a bit of jealousy there or the usual feeling of being left behind when people move on. It's harder when you're the one moving on but yes, I know I have to do it. I'm rotting away at the paper and the things I've asked for aren't being given me. The general policy now seems to be anyone who opens his mouth gets ignored. It's not healthy. It's suppressive, oppressive and makes you lose your sense of empowerment. It's an abusive, subtly, but still abusive relationship.
And, yes, thank you for giving me that kick, I am going to try to make it to the gym again today, again meaning trying again not going again, obviously. Bad me!
So looks like I will not be going to work 
blowin' bubbles, lovely bubbles. .
BF told me all through school - I'd get frustrated because I should have gone to medical school when I was younger and wanted too (I was to scared)...now he says not to worry, a witch doctor is a doctor too. 
trying to catch up to the posting machines!
