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anagram-i am sorry to hear dh is in such serious straits in the hospital. you are both in my thoughts and prayers. take good care of yourself.
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Anagram, sending you good strong wishes and mighty angels to sit with you. You are loved.
wsw, so good to see you again! You too, Arabella! Now where's Ceara, Punkin, Wildfire? Amarantha, I know what you mean about the obsessed ones. Food is to be enjoyed! I went out again today and bought tons of veggies and fruit and was really marvelling over the beautiful colors and aromas after I got it home and cut it all up. I feel so good knowing it's there all ready to go. I'm going to try those sandwiches that use big lettuce leaves instead of bread tonight. May even make some peanut sauce and do a take-off on Thai spring rolls. Mmmmmm....spring rolls. :doh: Oh and sorry for the confusion about BFL for Women. Believe me, my new best friend, Pamela Peeke is all about the sweet potatoes! I think it's the 'starchy' higher calorie ones she lightly suggests a reasonable limit for or that's my interpretation anyway and she says to go nuts on the other vegetables--kind of like WW's 'free' vegetables. BTW, I bought more sweet pots today 'cause I've discovered that I like them in salads [after cubing and roasting them]. Still feeling good about BFL--thanks for the visits! Really helps to know you're cheering me on! :D |
Anagram, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your darling hubby. So sad to hear he is in hospital, that is hard on everyone, but take comfort that he is getting the care he needs. All the good vibes I can muster are winging their way to you both from my corner of Canada. :goodvibes: I have no doubt that you are putting on a brave face, but in those moments you are alone and let your guard down, know that our arms are around you. :grouphug: Keep us posted when you can.
Well girls, you know how people are always saying it is important to eat breakfast and not skip meals? Apparently there is some truth to that. Wednesday night I had the most horrible pain in my chest...couldn't even take a breath it hurt so bad...crushing, sharp pain...knew it wasn't cardiac as none of the other telltale symptoms...but feared it was a gallbladder attack. Poor DH thought I was dying, wanted to call 911, but I wouldn't let him. It lasted about 30 minutes. Saw doc yesterday and she agrees, will be having an ultrasound to confirm. My cholesterol is fine, just had another test when we did the mortgage life insurance, so I was really ticked off it was my gallbladder. (The most common kind of gallstones form from cholesterol particles.) Well, my doc explained that all these years of not eating breakfast and often skipping lunch, which I do to manage my IBS...less I eat, less symptoms I have as the digestive beast doesn't wake...well, it has caught up with me. She told me that if you don't eat regularly, the gallbladder doesn't compress and empty the way it should, therefore making it easier for gallstones to form. SO...I feel like I've been kicked from the inside, even two days later. Really don't want to have surgery as it will greatly aggravate the IBS. I am hoping to lessen my chances of another attack through a lifestyle change. Who would have thought I would ever be saying I have to eat more to be healthier? But there you have it. Funny, Arabella, but yes...I am becoming very much more confident about myself, accepting my curves and flaws...it's quite liberating I must say. Makes you wonder...things happen for a reason. Perhaps now that my health is really involved and I won't be doing it just to be a smaller size, that this will be the time it works. Shift of focus, because I've become quite happy being me. Amarantha, I work with a girl who lost weight last year doing Atkins. She did it in a healthy way, not a fad diet kind of way, and has kept the weight off for a year now. However, she will come in on a Monday morning and moan about how "bad" she was on the weekend and tell us all the "bad" things she ate. It drives me nuts. Eydie, I hadn't heard of BFL for women. I did the original for a while there...again the frequent meals were too hard for me. Must look into it...good luck with your challenge! ceara, take it easy!!! Six weeks is the post-op period, isn't it? DON'T lift/twist even if you feel you can. Hope you continue to feel better as the days pass. wsw, nice to see you posting again! You are always with us in spirit even if it is quiet in your direction. Glad to hear you are feeling better these days. Kaylets, hard to be on the receiving end of comments like your co-worker made about you being on the "judging" side of the weight loss battle. Did you ever send that e-mail to her? It is sad, how people we consider friends are so uninterested in our lives, but expect our world to revolve around them. Going through that myself...a "friend" who DH says only calls me when she needs something is proving him right yet again. Only this time I'm not extending a hand. Aria, you are doing great on your challenge! Keep up the good work! Ivanna, very sorry to hear of the loss of your doggie. Hey MaMa Frogger! :wave: Okay, I'm back...now where is Punkin? :mag: |
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A bit o' a flybye here as I had the day-from-hedoublehockeysticks on the beat!
Wilfire, :laugh: I think I must work with your coworker's twin! Glad to see thee and sorry about the gallbladder attack. I used to have problems with that, but haven't since the no sugar thing ... and YES that's just what I was a'rantin' on, eating regularly is a GOOD thing. Eydie, the spring rolls sound lovely. I used to eat those (when I was eating vegetables back in the good ol' days). Thanks for clearin' up the potato question. I must get that book. I do like sweet potatoes somewhat or at least am trying. I like the ones that are small and somewhat white. I microwave 'em and put salt, pepper and butter or butter spray and they are, well, ok! :lol: I also use the ones individually wrapped for microwaving. These are darker fleshed and sweeter and very portable. I don't like the the Beaureguard (sp?) yams, which in actual fact are sweet potatoes (true yams are mostly to be found in Africa I believe ... anything in the U.S. is a sweet potato, but in some regions some varieties are called yams ... I think Beaureguards (sp?) are from Louisiana ... don't quote me on that ...)!! You're doing great on BFL!!! Arabella, yup, that's what I mean ... the guilt ... don't we have enough o' that without making wonderful food a source! :lol: Speaking of guilt, :queen: s, I made a major mistake in a story this week and could JUST SCREAM ... but am not making it an occasion for SUGAR :devil: but did have a "low carb" apple cobbler bar that transgressed Sugar Busters' rule of 10 grams of sugar alcohols per serving and my own rule of NO Splenda; Splenda spikes my blood sugar ... it's not logical but it does. I want to point out to the world that Splenda, which even Sugar Busters thinks is hunky dory, puts DEXTROSE (aka a sugar that is higher on the GI than table sugar) and MALTODEXTRIN (a high glycemic sugar alcohol being inexplicably ... IMO ... marketed to people who don't wanna eat carbs and that includes diabetics who shouldn't IMO be eatin' this crap) in its little yellow packets, just like Equal, Nutrasweet, etc., etc., etc. ... it's only a tiny amount but who needs it! Anyhow, I think that's why Splenda spikes my insulin. Wsw!! Good to see ya ... have been thinkin' about ya!!! :wave: To all :queen: s, mentioned 'n unmentioned ... I said this would be short but I lied! |
Anagramatic, hope you are well and that dh is improving!!! Thinking of thee! :wave:
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Balance, peace and joy...
Good morning, Royal ones!
A very happy Saturday to all! I could work this weekend, but choose NOT to, other than doing some necessary updates that won't take very long. I know so very well that I can get at least twice as much done when I'm not burnt out and enjoy life at the same time, so have adopted new attitude -- balance, peace, joy are my constant goals... DESPITE the brutally short haircut I got yesterday. :lol: I told my hairdresser I wanted it short enough to spike. Well, somehow she didn't seem to think it would spike if more than an inch or so (DEFINITELY less than two, maybe 1.5) long. Okey-doke. It will grow. This gal has always erred on the side of caution before, but as soon as she made the first cut yesterday I knew there was no turning back. She did manage to leave some wisps around my face but slightly shorter, too, than I'd have wished. I'll probably like it in a month or so :rolleyes: Feeling more like I can get on top of things again -- get house under control and start building life-enhancing activities into every day: meditation, flowers in the house, visits with friends and family, creative pursuits, etc. Now I just have to remember to actually do that. I think I'll draw up a checklist, which I've always found very useful even though it seems incongruously anal. Anagram, I'm keeping you and your darling in my thoughts, sending positive energy. Hope DH is rallying! I also hope you never feel alone, because we're all really with you. :grouphug: Wildfire, :queen: of Cape Breton, I am sorry you're having physical issues. I never realized all the complications of IBS. May you never have another flare-up! Amarantha, those mistakes at work WILL happen. Those are the times I remind myself that I'm glad not to be a surgeon and that nobody is going to suffer truly grave consequences of my errors. I always try to offer suchlike up to the gods and leave it with them... We be but human, y'know. Eydie -- I concur, mmmmm... springrolls! I have a Body and Soul magazine with a bunch of recipes, including one that is baked with just a bit of oil so they're crispy but not evil. I really intend to try that at some point. Although I suppose the rice wrappers are white rice... K -- off to muck out the house and so on. Love to all! Let's take this day and do our level best with it. |
11 DAYS TO GO ~ 1695 calories and 120 minutes walking (I am not sure how to count 4 hours of shopping on my feet, lol!)
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Ah, though, Arabella, I find I'm way too human lately! :)
Glad thou art getting a weekend off. I'm working but maybe won't tomorrow. I don't think a checklist is anal. It can really help!!! Huzzah to Aria on 11 days to go!!! Good cal count and hey four hour of shopping on your feet would be 240 minutes, by my standards!!! :lol: You're doing great, Aria~ I'm at 1650 on my challenge day, but I'm not sure if I'm done eatin' or even which day it is ... think it's five! Did an hour's walk in park with erstwhile walkin' pard and we did the wall pushups my trainer has asked me to slip in to my days three times this week at odd moments! Braindead right now ... the beat was brutal and I have all this stuff to write but will likely hold it until Monday. Not doing well mentally right now ... well, some say I never am doing well mentally, but ... |
10 DAYS TO GO ~ 1935 calories and 15 minutes walking
Athletea, sorry to hear you have so much work waiting for you! |
Hello all!
Anagram! ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((HUG))))))))))))) )))))))))))))))) and another ((((((((((((((((((((((((((hug))))))))))))))))))))) ) You are in a circle of loving supportive energy..... all of us are with you ..... although you are putting on a brave face for DH, we know your mind is racing...your stomach a knot....We're here for you! Wildfire... No, I never sent the email... couldnt help but think it would seem too much like "but doth protest too much"..... In fact, a few days later, it seemed as though all had never happened..... and isnt this perfect timing for the same thoughts the other Royals are sharing... Yes, much too much of my time was wasted by body/ food shame and guilt.... I was taller than most of my grammar school class until 8th grade and equated "big" as different ...... at least until the boys were taller .... than it turned to in comparison to other females..... My first time w/ WW's ( and goal weights have changed) .... I was only few pounds more than I am now but couldn't get below 130 w/o feeling hungry all the time.... When I weighed over 200 I saw my highschool pictures and wondered why I thought I was "So big" then.... I also spent much too much time thinking my size determined what kind of a person I was..... not so much how intelligent.... but how determined, how industrious, how capable....... and instead, that my size proved I was a some kind of a slacker and a glutton. My Aha moment came about a week after I made lifetime and I was stressing about the scale...... and was reminded of "no matter how much things change, things remain the same"..... Very, very intersting..... Thanks Eydie about a the B4life update,.....maybe I'll get more from the library.... I am needing to get firm and strong..... too much jiggle in the wiggle! |
Hah, Aria, I'm just NOT GONNA DO IT!!! :lol: Am just puttin' it all off until tomorrow. My brain's not gonna function tomorrow if I don't have a day off before the week even starts.
I hate to report that I've cancelled the 12-day challenge and taken Inner Child Maisie off to a hut in the deep dark scary diet woods where Hago the Hut (aka the Evil Diet Nanny) has set forth a 6-day challenge instead and if Maisie doesn't SHAPE UP and follow the rules, there will be DIRE consequences ... we don't know what these are but they will be DIRE! :yikes: Details of my new challenge are on my new journal in the land far far away. Translation: Gained a pound and intend to stop backslidin' ... :) may join E in BFLing soon, dunno. Braindead at the moment. Aria, you are DOIN' GREAT!!! Keep a'goin' ... ANAGRAMATIC, SECONDING K's WORDS!!! Sending positive vibes ... stay strong. K, have much to say (rhymes) on the topic you discuss in your post but am sort of braindead right now ... so shall just say hey (rhymes). Hope all are lookin' forward to the solstice and that we are plannin' on a new commitment and a new challenge (and a new thread) ... what shall it be? It's always good to think ahead, IMO. I'd better eat the chicken I cooked before Old Dog has a nervous breakdown 'cause she KNOWS it's ready, judging by the whining, tail wagging and butting of head against my knee that's been goin' on! |
Good morning, Royal ones!
Pouring rain here and expected to continue all day, with maybe a thunderstorm interjected to keep things interesting. I kind of like that kind of a day for staying home, anyway. I had a mostly quiet weekend, stripped dirty old wax off the kitchen floor (a job I started a year or so ago and just never finished) potted up some hanging baskets, relaxed a bit. Logged on this morning to see a bunch of reader mail about a stupid error I'd made in a definition for "keyboard shortcut." It was one of those stupid things -- knowing the right thing but typing the wrong thing. And none of the proofers caught it either :rolleyes: Also got an "urgent" meeting request from people from one of our sister sites, because the traffic they've promised for a major campaign is tanking. And I've promised to move heaven and earth to get it up there. Sigh. Not an aspicious start to the week. Nevertheless, picking self up, dusting self off. Yup, here we go Monday. Wishing all a bright start to the week -- Love! |
9 DAYS TO GO ~ 2045 calories (oops! :devil: ) and 50 minutes walking)
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Flyby as tryin' to get a story done ... long day of traveling ahead.
Aria, I just responded to ya in my journal. Thanks for all the support you give me. You are doin' great. I'll be visitin' your journal soon as well. Arabella, sigh, I just wrote a correction for an error I made last week in a story ... except NO ONE noticed it until I pointed it out to 'em. Well, that's the nature o' the beast, I guess. We move on! :lol: Gotta go. See ya! |
Look girls...the first rose in my garden to bloom...I didn't kill it!!! :D
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