Huzzah, Ceara, that's a great challenge! You've set out some great goals!!! Re the challenge section, I just didn't feel enthusiastic about it, I'm weird and moody ... today someone said to me, "You take things so personally!" Yep, how could she tell?
I couldn't delete the thread, so if anyone wants ta take it over and make it their challenge home, so be it ... or vice versa!
I don't know where I am with challenges ... started a new journal in the land far far with my plateau bustin' initiative ... I need to bust that s*cker! Is s*cker a swear word? Dunno.
NOT having a good workin' experience right now but must go finish!
Good Morning! What a crappy weather day. Pouring rain, chilly and windy. BOOOOO!!! When's it going to stop so that I can decorate for Halloween?
Forgot my lunch today...Hopefully there's some good soup across the way.
I feel totally drained! I guess it's from being sick. I am in no mood to do anything. I guess it's a good thing that I don't have anything to do here at work. Still have not heard on the position I interviewed for. I'm so sick of not having work to do. Spending $ on a train ticket (almost $300 a month) to come and sit and pretend to be busy). There's A LOT of things I can do with that $300 a month instead of sitting here letting my but spread from lack of moving.
Anway....What a gloomy guss I am today. Maybe I need some coffee.
hello to all dwellers of the royal palace! i have missed you one and all. i had pneumonia and so have been down for the count for a while, but i'm starting to feel better now. this past year has not been a banner year for me with any weight loss, but even though there is less than a week left in this challenge, i am in! i'm climbing back on the healthier, smaller portions wagon, plus daily exercise, and listening to meditation tapes several times/week minimum. will brave the scale tomorrow to see what damage has been done while i've been sick. well, so good to be back in the palace once again. take care, everyone.
So nice to "see" you back, wsw! Hoping you'll be able to stay on the health wagon as well as you do with the diet wagon. Maybe a nice loss will compensate?
Good to see Ceara and wsw again! Frogger, 300$ a month just to get there! Ooooh, that would haunt me!
Halloween's getting close--how's everybody doing?
Got in a 25 minute walk while therapist was here. Felt good. She won't be here again until Monday but I hope to get a walk in then too and that will fulfill the only real goal I stated for the challenge. Not that i'm not working on other stuff too but that was my starting point.
tomorrow night is trick or treat nite here but I'm passing this year. Will just leave the lights out. Those who know us will know why, those who don't - well, what can I say?
Ever feel really low and miserable and then find out that you've been coming down w/ something ..... what a relief to know I've either got an awful head cold or just a bad fall allergy thingie.....
Monday I called out sick feeling draggy and low and by Tuesday, just sitting upright makes my nose run.... I'll spare the details....
And I have dark circles under my eyes that look like I've been in fight.... well, I'm being dramatic, but you get the picture....
Monday night, both DH and I went to bed at about 7 pm and this was after I had taken a nap earlier in the day..... And I slept nearly straight thru....
So why am I suprised today that I am still miserable...
My guess is I thought I was a slacker....
Today was a scheduled day off and a day to give a speech which I
was not well prepared and it showed.....
Also am feeling this cold snap .... have put a 2nd quilt on the bed and have been wearing sweats and sox to bed and to hang out .... there is a frost warning near by but supposed to warm up this weekend....
so....
Guess its time to share how I sat Monday afternoon and emptied a Peanut Butter jar ( about 1/4 full) by dipping slices of apple into it.... took two apples...
and by the way... scale says I'm up 2.-3 lbs....
hmmmm
so....
I am now officially not feeling guilty that I'm not keeping up w/ everything....
After all... I don't feel so hot....
sorry I've been away so long but I havent been very cheerful....
And now I know why....
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Thought of the day:
"Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win."
--Jonathon Kozol, Author
Question of the day :
"Can you play your favorite musical instrument? Do you wish you could?"
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Hope all are well....
WSW, glad to see you're feeling better... I've been worried about you.
Anagram... our door too will be dark...
Let me go back and see what else has been going on....
Sorry thou art under the weather, K!!! Glad you're gettin' a day off ... and there's nothin' wrong with a 1/4 jar o' pb and apple slices (IMO) ... a very healthy low glycemic snack.
Hi, Wsw!!! Sorry thou wast ill also ... glad you are better.
E, you're lookin' good as usual ... I'm journalin' more or less in the land far far and on Fitday PC ... it does help ... I'm gonna do calorie cycling this week and today is the "high" day, though I haven't posted about that yet.
Anagramatic: ditto on the dark door ... I work that night and can't be bothered and I don't approve of kids wanderin' around and gettin' candy from strangers anyhow, even if the parents are with them.
It's SO HOT in here (office). They must have the heat cranked up to 90!
Weighed in yesterday. Nothing. Not up or down.
I again am in a foul mood. Heared about the job I interviewed for. The govt. person I would be working under is leaving so the company scratched that position. I am eternally damned to sit here doing nothing forever it seems. We really need the raise too. I forcasted out to christmas and we WILL NOT have any money for gifts let alone any emergency situation. We *May* just get by with normal expenses. Notice *MAY*. I took this job because of the *advancement* opportunities after just one year (or so they said). As you know, nothing...
I'm sorry about the me me me post. I just haven't felt this stuck since the end of that job I had been with for 5 years.
Log so far....a rough start, but yesterday was a three star day!
- - - - Walk - - - Water - - - Food
Day 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -X
Day 2 - - - - - X - - - - - - - - X
Day 3 - - - - - - - - - - -
Day 4 - - - -
Day 5 - - -
Day 6 - - -
Day 7 - - -
The job sounds quite frustrating Frogger! There is nothing like feeling underappreciated. I think we have to be responsible for our own self worth...and recognize it.
The things that I have been doing for myself over the last while....keeping a positive outlook...this is harder than it sounds. I am consciously banishing negative thoughts all the time...not necessarily about me, but about anything....just call me PollyAnna Also, taking more time to coddle...having a bath with a book....reading if I feel like it and reading what I want besides the WORK reading. Cleaning a small area a day in this house...I should try that 15 minute rule thing you guys do...Kaylets? Educate me on the method?
I've got the eiderdowns on the bed too Kaylets...find myself kicking them off mid-night though. Good job on the walk Anagram...every little bit helps the mental outlook! It is good walking weather here...not too breezy and the sun is shining...beautiful colour on the trees...lots of spiritual food.
Gotta go and clean a small area or maybe vacuum...I need to bathe a dog too...hmmmm.
Tomorrow is Day...where thee'd be O Punkin O' Friday?
Brekkie day too....
Avanti! Hang onto the wagon straps! Pick your colour of seatbelt....mine is purple for the day!
Ceara, that's a great idea about banishing all negative thoughts ... man, that is HARD work.
I'm on a secret mission, details in my journal in the land far far.
Can I mention a product? Probably not, but anyhow I found these whole grain (brown rice), gluten free crackers that are to die for. Their website says they are developing brownies ... dare I hope these will be sugar free? Probably not.
Well, its always so much fun be working when you're head is pounding and nose running....
and the antihistamine you're taking is just barely cutting it......
YIKES...
I went to the cafeteria promsing myself icecream..... and guess what.... universe took action again and they arent selling it anymoer.... the big open freezer, ...gone....
so I wound up w/ lofat choc milk.... only a pint but it helped...
Frogger... try and not let the frustration drag you down... keep looking around... now that you've made a contact w/ HR maybe you can ask them for other openings that may not be on the website yet.....Keep smiling, keep asking around.....especially if you are looking for more to do... what a great interview "I'm looking for more challenges, more growth"
As for the holidays, I am going very much w/ things I can put together from things I already have w/ some creativity....
I may spend some $ on postage but will still be way ahead on not spending for the gift too...
also am trying to think of thoughtful things to do with the computer...
perhaps a favorite song printed out in nice font in a frame so he can enjoy the lyrics w/o the music.....
perhaps cute bookmarks w/goofy photos-- quotes....
I would love to make a flag to outside of a bowling ball for dh but not sure if I can do it by hand so that it could resist the weather.... my machine needs work and for sure DH would wonder why suddenly I wanted the machine fixed......
But for sure, I can put together some foot soak salts and whathaveyou that he will use. He has to soak his feet sometimes 2-3 times a week and pretends he doesnt "need" the herbal salts but he didnt argue every time I put them in the water. We found a jar cheap at a yard sale that was scented w/ peppermint and the whole jar is gone now....
and I will try to think of some other ideas for DH too......
still only want to eat, eat, eat... but am trying to remember what the author of " A Million Pieces" ... somebody Frey... (sorry, I just can't remember)...
"Hold on"... sooner or later, the feeling will pass...
"hold on"....
Heared about the job I interviewed for. The govt. person I would be working under is leaving so the company scratched that position. I am eternally damned to sit here doing nothing forever it seems. 
We really need the raise too. I forcasted out to christmas and we WILL NOT have any money for gifts let alone any emergency situation. We *May* just get by with normal expenses. Notice *MAY*. I took this job because of the *advancement* opportunities after just one year (or so they said). As you know, nothing...
