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Good afternoon all, or whatever time it is where you are.... I've slipped back into old habits and am feeling guilty and bloated. Are there any tricks you guys have to jump start back on track?
Linda |
day 3 walked 2 miles 30 min this mornin and walked 2 miles 30 min this afternoon
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Hi everyone, thanks for your kind words....I can't type due to the fracture so I'll keep it short.....hoping you all are doing your best...,..I so miss not being able to move around freely, I SWEAR that when I recover, I won't be making any excuses about exercising, because being laid up is the pits....
take care and TTYS |
on to Day 4....
Good morning, all. It's Monday here. Heading into my Day 4. Going to try to make this a "losing day" even though I can't get much exercise in. I've made a new holiday weight tracker. Hope to see an 8-lb loss or somewhere around there over the holidays, which are more or less nonexistent for me, but anyhow.... :)
marble -- !!! So glad to see you back! Well, at least posting. It sounds horrible what you went through. Carla gave us some updates. Sure hope you mend quickly and we can have you in here with us! :yes: Hang in there! :sunny: curly -- Great going on the walking. Sounds like you're really making a habit of this. Speaking of exercise and habits, I really wonder whatever happened to Chaps.... :shrug: derry -- Where have you been!? Oh, come on. Don't feel guilty...the bloated part comes and goes. Be glad you're not a bodybuilder who's been working for months and months and then comes up bloated on contest day. It happens all the time. I've learned to stop looking in front of me...makes for a lot of tripping and banging into things.....no, :lol: seriously, what I mean is don't focus on what's there now when it comes to your weight, your bloatedness, your clothes fitting. It's the big picture and it's a changing thing. It's hard to see the changes, you know that. And as for "tricks" about getting back on track, I don't think there really are any, unless you call JUST DOING IT a trick. I find that really not always tuning in to how I feel is the key. If you want to tune in, then tune in to up, up, up feelings. Think of it as playing around with a radio dial and finding, NOT the music you feel at the moment, but something that is the way you want to feel, think of it as an antidote to the poison that has gotten into you. Put those powerful, good kind of thoughts into your head and go with that energy. Cruise though, don't go manic or you may be setting yourself up for a fall. On tough days, I try to have a picture of something nice in my head or I repeat over and over some scene that happened that was nice. I don't think of anything outside that scene, in other words, what happened after or what could happen. I suppose it's a type of meditation. Come on kid, you can do it! :sunny: Just listening to Belushi singing Soul Man here. Tune in to this, Linda! We are here for you! :dancer: "Coming to you, on a dusty road Good loving, I got a truck load And when you get it, you got something So don't worry, 'cause I'm coming... Got what I got, the hard way and I'll make better, each and every day So honey, hey, don't you fret 'cause you ain't seen nothing yet ... Grab the rope, and I'll pull you in Give you hope, and be your only (girl)friend Ya, ya ya ya! I'm a soul man, I'm a soul man" :dancer: |
Hi Guys. I am still around (sometimes..)
Ok my soda challenge, although i did not make 21 days soda free, I now only drink 1-2 cans a day (instead of 2-3 litres!) So I still call myself a winner. I have been doing another challenge though! An ab routine everyday! 35 decline sit ups, 12 each side flat, 7 leg raises (they kill me) then 20 decline crunches. Today is day 11! with no pause day yet. AND I am seeing results!!!!!!!!! I put on a pair of my usual shorts! they nearly fell off!!!!!!!!!!!!! they barely sit on my hip! SO yes the stomach is flatter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I have been frantically searching for a safety pin to tighten them, but cannot find one!) Cant wait to see what I look like at 21 days. or beyond... I might have to keep this one going until christmas! I might get a six pack yet! (I will slowly increase the routine!) Cheers guys!!!!!!!!!! |
Day 4 is done.
I just have some fruit to go and have finished with the calories. The exercise did not come about since the Brisbane Transport System had 2 bomb threats today and we were all off loaded at a station and made to leave the area and wait while the trains were searched. Being me and hating to wait, I rung the DB2 and then the DS2 and DS2 detoured to pick me up and drop me at my car. By that time the gym was packed to overflowing and I decided that home was the answer. Tomorrow is another day. But just let me get my mitts on the perpetrator of the hoax call. He/ She would wish that they had never been born!! :devil: :mad: :devil: :mad: :devil: :mad: :devil: :mad: :devil: :mad: :devil: :mad:
Derry - there is absolutely no substitute for getting back on track. Just get up there and do it. The guilt I can't advise on, but the bloat - well drink more water and check the sodium contents of the food you are eating. I have the same problem at the moment and I thought it was aeroplane bloat but it is still there. Obviously something I am eating has a higher content than I thought. Salt/ sodium call it what you like is a killer in the weight loss department. I have to watch it all the time. Can also cause blood pressure problems as well. Red - Sorry to hear of the young blokes trumped up problems. Happens most places. Where I was in Japan, the police were unobtrusive and reasonably polite. I guess like in most big cities, the force is subject to pressures of every kind. They'll be on the lookout for him now. Any excuse will do I should imagine. May pay to take an escort next time to give evidence on his behalf. Thank you for thinking of me at Nagoya. I may be wrong, but I think 'fair suck of the sav' is similar to 'for Pete's sake' or the English 'gorblimey' It is not necessarily blasphemous but be careful if you have had a few and get the mords wuddled. Curly - good on ya for the exercise. Keep going, and going, and going. Right I am off to get an apple and then some housework and then some mindless tv before a good nights sleep. Catch you. |
Thanks for the pep talk and the soul man quote, Red. I'm good to go today, as they say. I shall rejoin the land of the living and be able to zip my jeans up without being in pain in a couple of days, I hope! Being bloated sucks... time to regain perspective, sit-ups and contrl.
So, today is day one.... and my new challenge for myself it not a food challenge. I seem to not be doing well with regard to that, so it's an exercise challenge. I don't have to fun marathons, and I don't have to be a crazed maniac exercise freak, but for each day of the next 21 days, I really CAN do something in the form of movement. There will be very busy days and I will not have an hour to devote to exercise, but I should at least be able to squeeze in a few sit-ups and about 5 or 10 minutes on my treadmill. No excuses! I'm at an all time high for my weight and the holidays are around the corner, time to take this all very seriously, unless I want to go out and spend a fortune buying an entirely new wardrobe in the next size up. Linda in New Hampshire, with a renewed focus (how many times can I say this over and over and still not get it right?) |
wrapping Day 4!
Good evening, all. Quick post now that I'm home and getting ready to sleep. I am giving Day 4 the go-ahead. I was good, got out and walked a bit more at lunch than I would have normally. I was good with the eating. Although it wasn't part of the challenge, I am going to try to keep a journal of all this, kind of make me be more aware of things. I really would like to get beneath 70 kg by Hong Kong, which is Dec. 7. That may be rough but I think I could do it, if I do a lot of cardio and don't go too heavy with the weights or do BOTH. Tomorrow I will promise to get this exercise machine hooked up so I have no excuse when I'm home and don't have time to make a trip to the gym. The problem is that I have no room for it. That said, maybe I could put it up in the kitchen even. I don't know. I really have NO space! But I must get it up. It's been sitting here for a couple months now. By the way, did you see the new cute smilie they have?! It's adorable. :hug:
Shad -- I tried that phrase -- "fair suck of the sav" -- on an Aussie at work but he didn't get it. I think I got it wrong though. I found it on the Net on this site with Aussie slang. Check it out. See how much sounds true. http://alldownunder.com/oz-u/slang/phrase1.htm Too bad about the bomb scare and you not being able to work out. But just make up for it. It is frustrating though, isn't it? It seems like every time I am up for a workout, something comes up. When I am free, I'm often not up! :dunno: Yeah, the kid (all guys 30 or under are "kids" to me :lol: ) at work seems okay and was back today when there were more people on. He has a fine to pay off and legal fees but I think the company will be cool. We at our desk jumped in on his behalf, did his shifts and approached a higher up to help out, which he did. He didn't have much choice though because we (as union members) made it clear that if the company didn't help, we would be "very unhappy." They don't want any more problems with our union, which is something they can't stand as it is. You're right about this guy hanging out in the area with others. He really should do that and I will advise him to do so. That night he had been with friends but they left and he went off on his own. I think the bar owner say him as easy prey and had been looking to get a foreigner in trouble, no matter who..."they're all the same" kind of mentality. One interesting and really rather pathetic plus from this incident came because that higher-up that we approached was someone I had long been friends with but had a falling-out with last year and he was too stubborn to talk to me all year long. I would have talked if he had, but I never did from my side because I really had nothing to say to him and felt too wronged (work related) to chit chat with him. So, it was kind of a standoff and I felt he should make up and maybe he felt I had overstepped some bounds. :shrug: Well, he helped out with a character reference in this mess and I had to talk to him a few times and then thanked him for his help. I think he realized that I wasn't going to take his head off...and I just got an email from him asking me to do some work for him. I used to do a lot of work for him, always helping out with stories, layouts, photos. When he cut me out of some work he'd been promising for months and told me I could quit if I didn't like it, that was the final straw. Well, now he's asking again. It's easy work. I need the money. I suppose I should swallow my pride and do it for him. But....it's ridiculous that he sends me an email when he was at work today and was there when he sent me the mail. He is timid...if that's the word.. Ok, sorry, sorry. :blah: derry -- Glad you liked the quote and very glad to hear you are trying again. You've been through a lot. Don't be hard on yourself. Take it slow, but be consistent and get some confidence back. You know, I was thinking about "tricks" and I don't know if this would work for you, but it's something I'm going to do. When I was a kid I used to love to make charts and graphs and I am going to do that again with exercise minutes once I get that machine up. If you have Excel you can make all sorts of neat graphs, chart things with lines or bars and that way it would encourage you to keep at the exercise every day, even maybe going a bit longer just because you know it'll look good on the chart. Maybe you could give it a try, no? ice -- Wow! Where have you been all this time? I thought we had lost you. A lot of people AWOLed and though I asked about them (sorry but I don't know if I asked about you) they don't show up. Well, sometimes they do. Yo MEZ!! :listen: Oops, sorry, ice, yeah, well, that is super that you cut the soda anyway and have been doing this stealth challenge. Great going on the flatter stomach! :cp: Wish I that my frantic searches would involve safety pins for loose pants! :lol3: Good luck and keep it up! BTW, is that a picture of you there? You look very thin as it is. And what is this with a high weight of nearly 300 lbs. Maybe I asked before....that is fantastic you have lost so much. Wow! I'm impressed. :yes: |
Hmmm.... no I don't have excell, but I could perhaps print out a calendar page and draw stars or smily faces each time I successfully do something like work out?
Good idea! I used to have a chart on the refrigerator when my kids were little and put gold stars on it when they remembered to make their beds and brush their teeth, etc. So, why not give myself gold starts for exercise? I like that! Linda |
Happy Monday everyone :carrot:
Okay, I slacked a little this weekend and am not really looking forward to getting on the scale tomorrow. :( However, today is potentially day 1 of a brand-new challenge! As everyone seems to be doing so well with their acronym-based challenges, I am starting the "ACE" challenge. That means: no Alcohol; Calories under 1500; and at least 30 minutes of Exercise daily. I will chat more later - I am officially getting sworn in to the D.C. Bar today, and have to be sure to not be late! |
Yay Fish! I hope the swearing in goes well. A former colleague of mine went back to law school, graduated brilliantly at age 50, and signed the papers at the swearing-in with a pink plastic princess pen complete with pink feathers and tiara. The pen that is, I think she wore regular clothes. :lol: And yes, the pen was a gift from yours truly. I'm sure you'll ACE the ceremony just as you ACE your challenges.
I've now completed Day 5(Creak) and Day 4(DETOX). I did eat way too much, including the fries, but turned down a yummy chocolate truffle... For exercise I walked over to a friend's shop about 50 minutes away and then got a ride home when he closed up. Today is spinning class, which will take care of Day 6 CREAK. My butt is already whining and whimpering. The flight to Calgary tomorrow will be a tush challenge for sure - no matter how well-padded my stomach(s) and the girls get, I just never seem to have enough junk in the trunk. Red, I'm glad for you that you seem to be renewing your relationship with your former friend/work provider. Being right doesn't put tofu on the table, and it sounds like he's just one of those male idiots that have a nice yellow streak down their stubborn backs. Be proud of yourself for putting aside your own resentment to help your silly colleague, and consider the extra easy work your just reward. He probably did it by email because he's afraid of how you'll react. Unless I'm mistaken, you're a pretty strong, direct, don't f***-with-me kind of woman. ,cv vcccccccccccccccccccx ¯¯µ[{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{`^ .... this is Zen speaking.... And by the way, I didn't know you were unionized. Are there a lot of unions in Japan? Canada has more than the US, but the numbers are dropping. Too much competition from low-wage factories abroad (including the American South). A lot of the work I do is for unions: most of them here in Canada are national, and they need us at meetings which include their Quebec members. Many of the Quebecers have a little or a lot of fluency in English, but the reverse is not true, which keeps the likes of me nicely solvent. This morning I'm doing this and that, including playing with you lot while my new Roomba does the vacuuming for me. The jury is still out on whether it's just a silly gadget or not. Of course it's still necessary to move my cat toys and this and that off of the floor for it to do a complete job, so it's not TOTALLY effort-free. And it keeps my big Zen busy doing guard duty. |
Red – I’m here. This weekend has been terrible. A friend of mine from High School passed. We hung around in school then gradually drifted. I had seen her off and on in the past years we would chat in forever in the stores but never got together. I read in the paper she passed. It is such a shock!! I didn’t know she was Ill. It said something about Hospice in the paper. I’ve been trying to think of our last chat. ( I usually ran into her at mall) It doesn’t seem that long ago and she looked well. I would have visited her had I known. I’m feeling so guilty for not being there for her…So I’m doing A LOT of soul searching today.
Shad – I picked up a wheat bag and some lavender oil (One of my favorite scents) and some mellow music. It has come in so handy! It’s been crazy here. I’m going to check out FlyLady.com thanks for the link. Welcome to 21 Day Challenge Stacy!! Apple – Congrats on your 21 Day VICTORY!!! ICE – That is so awesome!! Congrat to that flat tummy!! |
Morning all,
Red, thanks for the Aussie slang. I'll practice a bit more to see if I can get it right. I would hate to have to learn English in Australia. They use so many colloquiallisms it is so confusing at times. I thought we all spoke English, but there is English and English and then there is Australian and maybe New Zealandish as well. Got to admit that the NZers have a way with words as well and they intersperse Maori along with the English, ie Off to a tangi for the moko, couz. Having a bit of a hui after. Nah that hua is not on! Guess we sort of speak in a bit of shorthand as well. Translation of that is: I'm going to a funeral for the Grandparent, mate. We will be having a party later. No that b*stard is not coming. It's all relative I guess. The workout will get done. I have 4 days left for the week and 3 workouts to accomplish. It will get done. Take the work, bury the hatchet. Life's too short to let pride get in the way too much. Some pride is good. Pride in your work is an asset. The money can be used to buy a voodoo doll and stick pins in it. Derry - stars are good. If you put 24 on a 30 day calendar you deserve a treat - NO NOT FOOD!!! Fish - hope the swearing in went well. Congratulations. First person I know who has been sworn in at the bar. That's a wonderful effort. Generally my friends are sworn at, at the bar. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Carla - Roomba!?!? I take it this is a robot vacuum cleaner? The cat is no doubt wondering whether it will eat his toys. Mez - so glad the wheat bag helped. I know they helped me on those first two days of TOM. Pity I couldn't find something to fix the prior 2 weeks. I now feel that I've been cheated out of half my life by a supposedly normal bodily function. Can't dwell on it tho' otherwise I will waste more days. Ice - good to see you back. That exercise sure sounds like it has hit the target. Work calls. Day 5 awaits. I've had a scrummy brekkie of yoghurt, almonds and bananas. Good soul food that. |
First, Mez, regret is part of the greiving process, I know it well. You can't bring back your friend and you can't change the past. But, you can do some things to help and you are the one who needs help right now. I highly recommend you get in touch with the family of your friend, write a note, send a contribution to the Hospice, etc. Let me tell you, I know first hand how much sympathy cards, special notes and donations mean when a person passes on. I never dreamt they would be so comforting. One of my biggest regrets, now, is that I didn't take to the time to do more of this kind of thing in the past. I shall do better now that I have gone through this myself. Just thought I'd share that with you.
Share a special memory of your friend, you'll feel better. As for me, today was better, not perfect but better. I qualify this as my official day one.... I actually did jumping jacks, leg lifts and sit ups today. It was a busy day for me, but I MADE the time to do something. I went to a craft store and bought this really nice graph paper and used a ruler and made a 21 day calendar of my own with bright marker. I bought stars and now this 21 day challenge chart is on my refrigerator. I have to look at it all the time and I was proud to attach my first star to it today! Linda |
day 4: 30 min (2miles) walking & 45 min circuit training
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Shad, yes my Roomba is a robot vac. I think it'll work a lot better once it's dug down thru the many, many layers of cat hair and what have you. :lol: Today the poor thing just wore itself out, and there was still half my little condo to do. I was careful to pick up the cat toys first; I think Zen just feels a manly responsibility to protect us girls from potentially vicious machinery.
Have you gotten past the post-trip bloat yet? Maybe it was the change in diet after all that healthy food in Japan? Mez, sorry to hear about your friend. I know what an empty place our old friends leave when they go, even if we rarely see them. :hug: Derry, a friend of mine (formerly fat and out of shape, now fantabulous)trained for a sprint triathlon last year, and she had a calendar with special stickers for swimming, running, and biking. She said even though she knew it was silly, it was motivating..... Curly, still motoring along, back up above her daily hour again. A woman of few words, no doubt too busy knocking off those challenges to blether on like some of us. Well, tonight was my spinning class. An hour of tuchus torture. I'm so far behind everyone else in the group, fat and out of shape. :( And yes, I know that I'll never get back IN shape unless I go and humiliate myself this way. I'm just having a very quick little pity party here. Day 6 of CREAK over with. Day 5 of DETOX also done with. It was interesting while I was spinning, almost as if I had two independent trains of thought going on. The voice with the little halo and wings :angel: was full of resolve, absolutely determined to get super-serious and not just drop wine and chocs but set a calorie limit and stick to it and melt back to a normal size. The other one, the one with the pitchfork :devil: , was busy planning to go to Wendy's for dinner after class. You'll never guess who won... :o (But I only had the burger, no fries.) I invented (?) a tasty way to eat more apples today: I put half a pack of instant oatmeal in the bottom of a bowl, then sliced 2 apples over it, then some cinnamon and a tbsp of maple syrup, and into the microwave on hi for 2 minutes. Yummm. Instant apple cobbler. (I think it would work as well and be even healthier with regular oats, of which I have none right now.) Tomorrow I'm flying off until Saturday for work. And I'm not taking the laptop, so may not be in touch. But I will take my workout duds, and hope to use the hotel gym. :wave: |
Shad – I made a snack out of your breakfast of yogurt and almonds. Very yummy! Thanks for the idea.
Linda – Thank you!! Your post touched me deeply and I’m finding it hard to express my gratitude! (((HUGS))) carla49 – Thanks I really needed that hug! I feel that her death is really hitting me right now and the kind words/advice is so wonderful!! I would like to write more but am having a hard time just know how thankful I have to have such wonderful friends. ((Lots of hugs and to you all!!)) |
Hi Guys!
STEALTH CHALLANGE!!! thats hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL Yes RED i was nearly 300 and hated myself oh so much! but lost is all, and gained some back (to 214) so this time I am here to do it properly.. healthily... (last time was a desperate starvation of 4 months! ) I am tall so at 194 I am actual not too bad ! only 24 to go! to get my BMI under 25! Although at that weight my mother threatens to move in to feed me, becaus i am seriously underweight to her ideal! I am very pear shaped! So in head shots I look fine... LOL!!!!!!!!!!! Mez - I am sorry about you hearing about your friend! Carla - your apple , oatmeal sounds nice, I think I am gonna have to try that! Red - Fair suck of a sav???????????? :?: what the??????????? i am aussie and know a lot of slang, but NO it that is not typical aussie slang?????????? All the others are pretty typical!We do have a lot of slang, i must admit, though to us it is normal! so most do not even really realise it is only slang! Australian and American English are way different! we still spell colour not color! and we say can't (car-n-t NOT can-t) or past (p-ar-st, not p-ast), I think it is hilarious when I watch Oprah or DR Phil or Springer and an aussie stands up in the audience, and the whole set just goes quiet!!!!!!! A boss of mine at work is american, and we pay him out when he says he is going to have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich!! that to us is funny! (i suppose like vegemite to you). You will find aussies love the american way of speaking and vise versa , because each is so different. But then my teeth are floating..... (gotta go to the dunny!!! LOL!) :D see ya'll.. sonja |
My dog would go absolutely nuts if a Roomba was roaming around my carpet. He has a strong herding instinct...
Just a quick check in....tomorrow will be day one. Here are the rules: Sit-ups arm weights no eating after dinner I think I'll try one week of 1500 cals too. Did someone mention there's a thread for one week challenges? See everyone tomorrow! |
Day 5 is done.
Good food, Good exercise, Water not so great but passable. I'll do better with that tomorrow. Day is done. Time to shower and get organised for tomorrow. Clear the kitchen, lunches, ironing, bit of ordinary vacuuming, and I'm done for the day. Fair suck of the sav seems to come mostly in North and Outback Queensland. Must admit I have never heard it in Melbourne. It really is old aussie. Glad you liked the yoghurt idea Mez. I like it with sultanas and nuts as well. The banana or sultana seem to just take the edge of the natural set yoghurt which can sometimes be a bit on the sharp side. I've also tried it with dried apricots and walnuts. Yummy. Right shower - can't stand myself any longer. |
Good to read lots of you are making such progress. Today is day 2 for me and I shall do my movement/exercise thing and smile while I think of you all.
I want one of those Roomba things too, I have two cats and I do wonder if they would ever get used it it wandering about? My darling husband would laugh at me for saying I want one of those and here I am posting a chart to do activity on the refrigerator and giving myself gold stars for movement. In his view, I could just vacuum every day and resolve it all I'm sure! Mez, I am thinking of you and I know you need to do something to make yourself feel good about your friend. It reminds us all that really communicate and SEE those we care about and love as one never knows how much time we all have left. Take time all amidst your day to day busy lives to contact one of those people who you always put off contacting as you are too busy and will get to it "one day". You'll be glad you did! Linda |
making my way through Day 5....
Heh there, all! Great to see some action around here. I'm on Day 5 of my challenge here and so far have had a great day! I just got back from the gym, where I jogged out a fast 5K. I cycled there and back and was almost not going to go because I didn't have time to do any more than that, but I went and I'm so glad I did!
A coworker is trying to lose some weight by the end of December when he goes home to Ireland and yesterday he was asking me what's the quickest way to get the fat off. I told him to do lots of cardio. I told him I wanted to knock off 2 kgs by Dec. 7 when I'm supposed to go to H.K. So, that little talk stoked my competitive nature (something I have come to acknowledge in my later years) and fueled my trip to the gym today! :spin: Let's hope I can keep this up. I was thinking that a couple years ago, when my weight was a good 4 kgs less despite the fact that I had a lot more muslce, I would jog 5 K four or five times a week, AND do heavy weight workouts. I was eating more but not that much more, so it was no wonder I could maintain a lower weight. Oh well, this is the price I pay for being short! :yes: Speaking of short NOT.....ice, way to go on that weight loss! And, I understand about the pear shape. My face is always thin and people don't think I have excess fat on me unless they see all of me, and even then, I always wear baggy clothes so they can't be sure, like in the gym...I guess it would be cool to be tall and okay at 194. Wow, I could eat so much, probably. But, being short has its advantages, especially in Japan. ;) Fish -- Good luck on your new challenge and congratulations on the swearing-in. Did you get there on time? carla -- You sound like you're doing great on your challenges! I'll miss you while you're in Calgary. Wish you could post. When will you be back? You had me laughing early this morning when I read your post where you described me as a "pretty strong, direct, don't f***-with-me kind of woman" :rofl: Yes, I suppose, some people would use those words. They may just shorten it to something starting with a "b" and ending with "tch" though. Oh, yes, this higher-up (really not a concept in my mind...) is either yella or something worse. We tend to call him much worse. Oh, yes, and "male idiot"....aren't you being rather redundant? Well, I took your advice and Shad's and did put the pride aside, by sending back a short email saying I was willing to help and he should tell me more. Well, he send me more specifics and it sounds like the money is better than I expected so that's good. Apparently it wasn't him seeking my help actually. He said someone else in the section asked him to ask me....when I heard that I wanted to shoot back something nasty but I restrained myself...it was hard!... and, after writing out little nasty things, cut them back out and sent the message. Sigh. There is no making up with this guy I think. He is always playing the vague, disappearing act, use you and screw you and come slinking around for more...doesn't sound like a professional relationship, does it? :lol3: Speaking of slinking and such....I was thinking you were writing me some sort of Zen koan before, till I remembered Zen was your cat. Cool! Then again, maybe it is a koan, from Zen. Cooler! I will ask my furries to interpret for me. As for unions, it's nothing very big. Just us foreigners getting together and trying to act scary at the paper. There is a parent union that helps though and various companies who hire a lot of foreigners, mostly the English school chains and the newspaper have started unions. We can't do all that much because there is really not much of a legal system. Most trials would take years. But the union has forced the company to at least act a little more transparent and to think twice about pay cuts or cutting out the bonuses. I, however, being a parttimer, benefit zero from it all, but I joined for solidarity's sake. However, this show of force on my part has probably done more to hurt me, as what the company is doing is hiring a bunch of scabs and spineless foreigners, the kind who we call "illiterate editors," who will work for peanuts and a word of appreciation for a job poorly done, which is about all they are capable of doing. One incompetent patting another on the back. Everything's dandy. Don't know why circulation's dropping!?!?! :shrug: Ah, like duh!!! Sigh again. carla, the voices in your head are interesting. You better not discuss this too much with your friends. Perhaps we should start calling you sybil. You also remind me of a coworker who yesterday was sitting there eating his lunch that he had packed all neatly in a little lunchbox from home. He was telling me how the theme the previous day had been "leftover rhapsody" but today it was some sort of "serenade." I said, hmm, interesting, and asked if he heard music playing. He said he did. :rofl: mez -- Ah, mez.. :hug: you get the new smilie, you poor thing. I am so sorry to hear of your friend's death. Mez, other than the natural grief you feel about losing her, don't feel bad about not seeing her while she was ill. Many people don't want others to know when they are ill, especially terminally ill. This may have been the case, that she didn't want you to see her like she was. She may well have wanted all but the people caring for her to remember her as she was, as you remember her. This was likely her wish. There is no reason for you to be soul searching. How could you have known? Shad -- thanks for the slang. Wow. Kiwi sounds like another language! I'll have to start using "hua" at the office more! How do you pronounce that? As you can read up by carla, I took your advice and have more or less buried the hatchet. I didn't even mention anything. The hatchet may be buried but I know what the guy is capable of. There are sad awakenings, the death of innocence, ah, sweet innocence, sweet, that is, until that first cut... Actually, the pride part was work related and the reason for a lot of the words that came between us...more accurately, a lot of the *****ing I did back when I was working with him. The paper is being run these days by a bunch of bureaucrats and salesmen, none with any journalistic sense whatsoever. They are sacrificing the paper to bought copy and naturally circulation is dropping. They also are weeding out anyone with an inkling as to what makes a newspaper interesting and this includes most of the foreigners. There seems also to be an us-against-them mentality (as in Japanese vs. foreigner) that has taken hold over the years. Very sad, but I think it has something to do with the poor economy. Anyhow, this was the reason for a lot of the dissatisfaction on my part and no doubt the dissatisfaction on his. In any case, I can do a little work for him, keep my name off the stuff and just take the money and run! derry -- I'm so glad to hear that you've gone out and made up that calendar with stars and all. It sounds like a lot of fun and I think I'll try to make something to, to record my exercise like I did today. Good for you on your first star!! You're shining! :sunny: curly -- Quiet curly. Moving right along on her challenge. :cp: Apple -- Looking good! Good luck on your new challenge! Yes, there's a thread for week challenges. It's always on the first page of the support groups forum. Some others from her post there too. Don't worry. I won't get mad. I may shed a few tears though.... ;) |
Geez I go and edit my post and there are two others there as well.
Red, good to hear that you've got the work sorted. Who cares where it comes from - the money in the bank is all the same colour at the end of the day. Glad to hear the competitive side is coming out over the weight loss before Christmas bit. The other day someone asked me what was the easiest way to lose 10 kilos in a month. I told them to chop off an arm. I am so over people trying to do this in a hurry, trying to harm themselves and their metabolism by not eating, not eating regularly, not exercising and expecting the fat to just vaporise! Pouffffff. It would be nice if we could just dream it away. No such luck. Carla is going to Calgary for the stampede? They may all stampede off in the other direction when she gets there!! Oooops sorry Carla. Hua is pronounced who-aa. Long a - definitely not an 'at' sound. I use Maori frequently when I want to have a good old sound off. I can stand in front of the hua who annoyed me and with a huge smile on my face - tell him of his pedigree, his little wotsit, his lack of brain, his whatever else takes my fancy and tell him where to go, when to go, what to do whilst there and how to get there and what to put up it or in it or over it. And the b*stard has no idea what I am talking about. I have a twisted sense of humour. There is a lot in this world which has slipping standards. I get it in my job all the time. Spare money on a good trainer and expect the user to learn by osmosis. The system gets garbage in it and the trainers in general are blamed for not teaching the users how to use. A friend of mine got sent to Cairns, Townsville and Rockhampton last week to train the Power company users in SAP Plant Maintenance. Each worker was given 1 hour of training and is now expected to know his new job and the new computer system and keep the power flowing. Bullsh*t is what I say. Linda good advice there on your post. That shower won't wait any longer. |
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Well, me too, I didn't see the two posts before my last one because they came in while I was sending mine.
Man, I am guzzling water here. Haven't done that in a while now. Just shows how little I am sweating in the winter without hitting the gym. It feels good to be so thirsty! I feel like I've accomplished something! :yes: Well, to all you Japanophiles out there, today was the wedding of Princess Norinomiya, now to be called Sayako as she is no longer royalty but has been thrown to the masses and demoted to...gasp...commoner! Linda -- I agree with Shad. Good advice there on the communication. I need to remember that especially as I get so busy and only end up writing to a few people and posting on here. Good going with your challenge and I'm cheering you through Day 2! :cheer: I just went out and bought some little round dots. They didn't have any stars. I don't know what I'll do with 'em, but I'll start sticking them on the calendar I guess to indicate riding, jogging, weight training and maybe an OK challenge day. That way, even if I restart, I can see all the good days I had nonetheless. They too are important. Shad -- Good going with you too! Day 5 down! :bravo: The Aussie I asked at work yesterday about the sucking thing...wow, did that get a look from him!! :lol: ... is from Perth, so that would figure if he didn't know it. I hear you on the quick weight loss lament. "10 kgs in a month!?!?" Are they nuts? Yeah, right, amputation would be just about the only way. I am surprised at how many people still think starving the fat off is somehow commendable. Ok, a who-aye. Got it! Now to start using it. I like your innovative use of Maori. For me, however, I think I like to actually see them understanding me. :mad: It's more dangerous of course. The only time I don't do so is to Japanese running me down in the street on their bikes and so. Them I just call "jerk!" in English. Better than starting a fight, as they're not going to change anyhow....sigh. Sounds like you and I work for the same place? :?: How'd we manage that? |
Try who-a and not aye. As in I had a red balloon. Not a as in at or Japan, a as in ............. this is terrible, Americans always say a different from us. It's actually more like the first a in always rather than the second a. More of an aarr. Try thinking of fewer and then make it who-aar. That's the nearest I can get to it.
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Ok, got it. That's what I thought you were saying at first, then not. who-ah, we would write, I guess. Sounds like a bluegrass huha! :lol: The princess is not really banished. She can visit of course. She got a lot of money to soften the blow of having to become a commoner though. She does have to go live in an apartment. But I don't think it's a 1DK! (short for one room and a kitchen big enough to put a table in it, like what I have) :rofl:
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HAHA .. quiet? nah just hungry... i usually post when i get home after the gym in the evening and before dinner.... lol so i post real quick and then go in search of dinner!
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Thanks once again for your support. I’m doing better this morning and have planned out what I’m going to do. It really feels good knowing that what I’m going to do will help her family and others.
Red – I believe your right about her not telling me she was sick. When I think of her I picture a tall slightly plump woman with very expressive eyes and for some reason I still picture braces even thought she got them off before we graduated. She really made the time pass in math we’d joke all the time. Or when I’d run into her shopping and we’d chat and end up lol til tears would come to our eyes. I’m sure that is how she’d like to be remembered. |
I picture Al Pacino in that movie where he plays the blind guy...he says hoo-ah alot.
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How does the challenge work? I am new to this thing...was wondering on how to get started.
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gigiapril -- :wave: Hi there! Just go to the beginning of the thread and read the explanation and you can see how it works. Hope to see you here!
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Hi all
Day 13 today! and going strong, though TOM kinda bloata my flat belly! LOL but I am sure by the end of the week it will be back! (why do women have to deal with this!) I am annoyed, all my wardrobe is starting to be a little too big (I like loose clothes, but I like them to stay on) but I pulled out a box of my smaller clothes, and although I can do them up easily, they feel a little too snug still, hopefully in the next few weeks though! So I am in the middle! AHHHHH! I weighed in today (must remember to fix the sig) and even though TOM is visiting, i still have a 2 pound loss, though I did put in some hard work this week! |
day 5 all done>> 1 hour of circuit training.. now im off to find food!
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Hi everyone! You all have been busy yesterday and today! My swearing-in ceremony went well. Then my sister and I went out to lunch to celebrate. I was very good - ordered some raw hamachi as an appetizer, and a smoked duck and tallegio panini.
Mez - so sorry to hear about your friend. I am sending you warm and fuzzy thoughts. So yesterday was day 1 of ACE. I weighed in this morning and was back up to 144. :( I know I said I had slacked a little this weekend, but looking at my charts I averaged only 1420 calories per day last week, and did 30 minutes (if not more) of cardio 5 of the 7 days. So how on earth did I gain weight? I am so frustrated. I feel like if I don't literally starve myself I will never lose weight. |
beginning of Day 6...
Good morning. It's the beginning of Day 6. Whereas I should be feeling up and determined, I am feeling beaten down and ever more frustrated in my efforts (not weight-loss related as I have not yet dared to assess that...). Oh well, I won't go into it...just try to keep on. I, as you can see, called yesterday okay and am moving on. Wish me luck.
Fish -- I totally feel your frustrations. This is the story of my life, it seems. You know you can't rely on scales and weight gain and loss is quite an unreliable thing. And you know that the scales often go up before going down so just hang in there. Maybe you are being too watchful of the numbers and stressing yourself out. All you can do is keep on, either with what you're doing or try something different. I think just keep on. You have lost weight over the past few weeks, right? You are way down there so it's going to be tough. Just hang in there. I'm glad your swearing-in went well. What are your plans from now? curly -- :cp: .....write us some time AFTER you've found your food! :lol: ice -- Good for you on battling Day 13. I am having a hard time feeling bad about your clothes dilemma! :lol3: It is tough, isn't it?! I would go with the too-snug clothes, which should motivate you to make them loose as well and get to your goal. So, where is your weight now? Fix your tracker! :yes: We want to know! :spin: Apple -- Yes! Pacino in "The Scent of a Woman." I was thinking of the same but didn't know where it was coming from. Hooooo-haaaahhhh!!! mez -- How are you doing? You're sounding so down these days. Of course, you have a reason.... I hope you can be back with us soon, on a challenge and looking forward. I am sending you healing waves of energy and rays of sunshine. :sunny: Hang in there. :hug: |
Ice, I see you fixed your tracker! Now, it's totally covering the face. You are going strong! :strong: What would you say has been your motivating force lately?! I need all the tips I can get! :yes:
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Morning, Morning all
Todays news is that they have found the bomb hoaxer and have charged the hua with threats to terrorise, sedition and public nuisance. Probably only get public nuisance but it carries a hefty penalty and a jail sentence of 10 years. Hoorah for that anyway. The bloke was 47 years old would you believe? Don't you think he would know better? What a no hoper. Some one else got in on the act down on the Gold Coast and he has now been picked up as well. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Okay rant over. Red, you and I are much the same height, much the same weight and I've got nearly 10 years on you. I think we should be able to challenge each other to get some sort of motivation going. I don't think this should be a food challenge. I eat small anyway. How about a movement challenge? Maybe a set number of crunches per day, or k's on the treadmill or something similar. I too would like to shed 2 kgs before the New Year. I'd like to go home in January for a week or two and I sure as heck would like not to have this spare tyre around my middle. Speaking of middles - for those of you who fly frequently here's a question. Do the stewies on all flights spend time making those seat belts as small as they possibly can so that folks have to expand them to fit when they sit in the seat? Well ha ha to them - I had an NSV on the flights to and from Japan recently. I could get the belt done up with out adjusting the length - :carrot: :carrot: :D :D :D . Gotchya. I've never been able to do that before. I was looking at photos from Japan last night and I don't look so bad standing up anymore. But don't show me any of me sitting down hey! It's a bit like the Michelin man on steroids. But any improvement is a giant leap forward. I'll take standing up - uses more calories. Right, breakfast (more yoghurt, sultanas and nuts) is done. I'm meeting a friend for lunch so will have a salad sandwich on multigrain or rye. Coffee is finished. Work calls. Mind you I had done the crossword and a sudoku before they gave me any work to do this morning. Such is life. |
Ice – I hear you on bloating!! I’m sure once it’s down your snug clothes will fit nicely. Big Congrats on the 2lbs loss. I NEVER see a loss when TOM.
Curlylocks – Great job on that circuit training! Fish – Glad to hear the swearing in went well. The smoked duck sounds yummy. Thanks for the warm/fuzzy thoughts. You maybe just holding water your doing great your very inspiring!! Red – I actually feel great right now! I almost forgot how that felt!! I’m going to be positive! I have a wonderful family and the best internet site for supportive cyber friends!! So here I go grab on to me Red and I’ll drag you along. I’m feeling very strong! My challenge is going to be fitness and not weighing myself. I feel I need to work on fitness and the scale goes without question. I was 1 lbs from my goal and I freaked out and gained 3 lbs. So NO SCALE!! Is it ok if I count today as day 2. Since I workout last night and plan to once again before bed. Day 2 plan is to jump on the elliptical and do my 6 minute abs workout dvd before bed. I bought some Acorn Squash and cooked it up today. It was SOOOOOOO GOOD! I read on a URL that you should bake it not microwave. Baking takes out some of the moisture which makes for a sweeter flavor. Now I’m all ready to try other squash. Shad – Congrats on the seat belt victory!!! |
a.m. popcorn...
Hi there. Glad to see some posts. I am feeling very lonely this morning and have so far done nothing but cry and generally mope around. I am thinking that my onslaught of exercise yesterday threw me for an emotional loop, that and some disappointments and slight shocks yesterday (I don't take well to being emotionally confused by people's actions...) and, and this is probably the biggest factor, the kerosene heater in my room. The fumes always make me depressed..... :cry:
Now, I just popped a bag of popcorn. I don't care if it is before 10 a.m. I need something warm and comfy. I am feeling quite low... Shad -- That's good that they found that bomb kook. Some pretty weird middle-agers out there. As for a challenge, I'm game. Movement, ok, as long as I can do it more or less during my usual work day or at home in my tiny room. In other words, ks on a treadmill is often not possible for me if I can't get to the gym. It's gotta be something that doesn't take much time but does take effort. Let's think! :idea: I was hoping for 2 kgs down by the time I went to Hong Kong but I think that may be unrealistic. 8 lbs down by the New Year is my goal. As for the seat belts on the planes, I know what you mean! :lol: Actually though, I think they just buckle 'em and pull 'em tight when they're cleaning the plane in between flights. It probably is quite intimidating for most people. Then again, I don't know how most people can even sit in those seats. They are definitely making them narrower and narrower. I mean, I fit into a size 10 and I am hitting butt on both sides!! "Michelin man on steroids"?!?! No way! You must be exaggerating! :lol: What's a sudoku, btw? mez -- :spin: :cb: :flow1: Hurrah! Mez is back!! I missed you!! :hug: And sweetheart, you are going to have to be STRONG to pull me along! :rofl: But I'm coming along for the ride, er, the drag.... Ok, fitness challenge here she comes! Of course, you can move on to Day 2 if you've been working out. We have experienced stealth challengers in our midst, didn't you know!? Heh, icedragon! ;) Good luck, mez! :goodluck: |
Okay, why not some flex exercises at the desk. Could create some giggles for the fellow workers. Things like desk pushups and leg stretches. Should tone up something in the arms. I just tried it and it can be done. Put your hands on the arms of your chair and raise up your body from the arms. Then when you get steady up there, try to raise the legs up. Try 5 at first.
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