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Just a fly-by to let you all know I'm still alive. Absolutely swamped at work and brain dead exhausted by the time I get home.
One of these days I'll be in to catch up! |
Fly-bye....will check in later. Am supplying in another branch..$$$...and I'm not even getting brekkie with the parentals! So I have to eat here, make lunch and get out for a walk....did a stroll last night up and down the road with a friend. She has an inhaler so we weren't going fast. Gotta go! One more day under the belt!
Tally: 1. water ******* ******* **** 2. Road walk ***** ***** ** 3. No food after 7 pm. ******* ******* **** 4. 2 glasses of wine/week. -1-/ -1- 5. multivitamin ******* ******* **** Nice to see you Wildfire...;) |
Another fly-by
10/2/1
I've been trying the sugar thing with SDL but it doesn't seem to have the immediate effect for me that it does for others. I haven't really studied the diet as much as I should -- could be a dosage/ substance issue. Aaaaannnyway, I picked up some wild fish oil caps and am going to give them a try. When I read about some of the research into them, I had that all-over YES!!! response. Guess it made sense to me on some level? Nice to see you, Wildfire! Thanks for stopping in. Hope things sane-ify soon! Ceara, it's woggling... um, woggily. But woggling, nevertheless! Do you have a pool at home? Mmmmm... ideally, i'd have a house on the ocean with a pool besides... wsw, hope the heat lets up for you! Clutha, yup: GO YOU!!! :bravo: K, Queenlies, Friday night dinner and movie await. It's the weekend! Huzzah! |
Flying by also....Weigh in yielded another 1.2 lbs off, which thrilled me since I had just started my period, so anything off was welcome! Day 11 today. Got a great walk in this morning with my dog. Molly. We headed over to a beautiful park and tromped up and down a few hills. The park was once someone's estate, with stately gardens and acres of rolling hills and meadows. Great workout and a nice change from just traipsing through my neighborhood. Molly gets a good workout too, chasing birds and whatever else crosses her path.
Lots to do, little time. I'll be back later. :wave: |
Another day under the belt....by the skin of my teeth! The parentals live 20 minutes from where I worked yesterday, so we met for dinner....it is hard to get them moving sometimes....we got to the restaurant by 6:30, and I ordered right away :( the main course came out at 7:10. I brought it home. So I had house salad and bread for dinner last night. Lemon veal for lunch today!
Tally: 1. water ******* ******* ***** 2. Road walk ***** ***** *** 3. No food after 7 pm. ******* ******* ***** 4. 2 glasses of wine/week. -1-/ -1-/-1- 5. multivitamin ******* ******* ***** Geesh....2 days to go! Gotta drive DS to work today, and guess I will do groceries whilst there....so I will walk later. Have a great day ladies...it is supposed to be a scorcher here.....think I will groom indoors...in the air. Yes Arabella, we have an inground pool in the back yard...I'm using it a lot this year in comparison to others...last year I had the incision, so that kind of limited me. I just float around on my striped chair the DH bought me...it has spots for drinks on the arms and everything. I haven't been brave enough to read and float yet...afraid I'll drop the book. :lol: :wave: |
crash and burn...
Yep, I'm declaring it DAY ONE again. While yesterday wasn't the worst that I've ever done, as a matter of fact, I "cheated" with all good foods, just too much of them! Mindless eating. Eating because it was there. Eating because I let myself get too hungry! Had a great start to the day with my hardy walk too. Last night, I was home alone, dh and dd both working. I thought that I would throw together a few things to have in the frig, so it wasn't forage and hope for the best when I was looking for a meal later this weekend. I made some pasta salad with whole wheat pasta, broccoli, tomatoes, onions, feta cheese. :T Did some tasting, not too bad as I hadn't eaten dinner yet. I had planned on guacamole and chips for dinner, so I threw that together. (chips made from whole wheat tortillas, cut up, sprayed with Pam, wee bit of salt and baked) With the extra onions I had chopped, I made some tuna salad to have for lunch today. While I was foraging around the veggie drawer, I found 1/2 head of cabbage, so I made some cole slaw. One thing just seemed to lead to another and I was tasting everything! Oh! And! I also made a yogurt pie. With ff yogurt, ff cool whip, strawberries and plain gelatin all mixed together and layered over a low fat graham cracker crust. Had to have some of that when dd got home from work at 12:30. After I finally had my "dinner" of guacamole and chips at midnight. {Obviously, I hadn't had my sugar water yesterday!} :rolleyes:
Mea culpa, mea culpa. Confession is good for the soul. I think this week I'm going to go back to counting points. Just to keep a close account of what I'm doing. Makes me feel more in control when I see those numbers go down, I know I have only so many left to work with. I am happy to report that I did not go into the "oh well, I cheated, might as well go crazy" tailspin that usually follows a slip up. And that's all it was, really, a slip up. I allowed myself to get too hungry and just kept nibbling. I should have sat down and had a proper meal, FIRST, and then done all my food preparations. I think that since I didn't actually STUFF myself, I never realized how much I was actually consuming. Sorry to keep rambling about this, but I'm having a self awareness moment :idea: and need to work this out in order to avoid the same mistakes in the future! I overheard a woman at WW the other night telling her friend that "this diet just doesn't work for me." I heard someone else say that they just couldn't eat the vegetables. Then I was on alert to see just how many excuses I could hear. Someone else said that it's just "too hot to exercise," and "I'm too tired to exercise." It struck me as funny, all these excuses. So there I am, standing on line, waiting to weigh in, feeling all smug because I didn't have any of those problems, and then, all of a sudden, it occured to me that I had my own excuse ready to use, if necessary, "I didn't lose because I have my period." :lol: The bolt of lightning hit me right between the eyes. I wanted to shout at everyone there, myself included, "STOP MAKING EXCUSES AND JUST DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO." Eat well, exercise more, drink the water. It's not rocket science. The weight will come off if we just do that. :soap: Stepping down now.... Good grief, look at the time, lots to do today, not getting any of it done, sitting here blathering on about myself. So, goals for the next 21 days: (the last 7 of which I will be on vacation, this will be a TRUE test) :beach: Food as according to WW Flex Plan Water (at least 64, aiming for 128 oz) Exercise, at least 20 minutes daily That's it for me, Hi to all and hope you're all having a great weekend! Keep up the good work, you are all so inspiring to me! You keep me on the right track. ...most of the time, anyway!:wave: |
Well, all that is left is the no food after 7 and water....am halfway there. Did my walk today and the multi already so logged them. It sure was hot out there...jumped into the pool right after and then read under a tree for a bit to cool down...that's when I drank all the water! Tally: 1. water ******* ******* ****** 2. Road walk ***** ***** ***** 3. No food after 7 pm. ******* ******* ***** 4. 2 glasses of wine/week. -1-/ -1-/-1-1-/ 5. multivitamin ******* ******* ******* Bought more plants yesterday....have plans for under the Austrian pines...ivy and periwinkle....no more grass=no more trimming. The lawn mower does not fit under there, so it was hand mowing or whipper snipping...niether of which happen too often...so...in my search for ease this is a solution! Have a great day ladies...it is a scorcher here! |
Sunday in the Summer Palace
:yawn: We had friends over for dinner last night, same folks whose son got married a couple weeks ago -- remember the six hour reception? I was tempted to throw together a 3-hour presentation :devil: They didn't really stay too late but I woke up before 5. Ah well... should be ready to get to bed early tonight and get rested up.
I'm getting some appetite suppression with the wild fish oil caps. I took 6 early yesterday and it was so easy to eat lightly through the day -- a bowl of cereal, a small handful of almonds, a little salad. Then I had raw veggies (and a little blue cheese dip) while they ate calorific munchies as well), a little plate of brown rice penne with a chicken, artichoke & tomato sauce, more salad. Then served baklawa for dessert -- not a crumb did I eat, nope! I did have a few glasses of wine, but nothing drastic. I thought, while cleaning up, of other times when I was having people over and would be dipping into the munchies while I prepped and popping whole pastries into my face while I cleaned up afterwards. And eating heartily in between. Ceara, methinks you are wise! We've got a shady area in the back that DH has been struggling manfully (they're so CUTE when they do that, aren't they!) to grow grass on. Maybe periwinkle and ivy would be the answer -- it would sure as heck be prettier. We spent hours putting plants in and weeding (not in that order) yesterday. Could be another reason I'm pooped! Katrinabgood, so hazardous to get over-hungry (that's where my two tuna sandwiches came from last week, followed by sugar cravings -- ugh!). Doesn't sound as if you did badly, really. I remember a friend of mine who was in AA one time telling me that they tell people to be careful not to get too tired, too hungry, too lonely or too... stressed? Can't remember the last one, but I know those are all dangerous for me. Bored, too. But that's usually when I'm tired. Onward -- we fight the good fight! 12/2/1 -- WI tomorrow. Hoping for a good one :crossed: |
KatrinaB, that last post was brilliant--the part about overhearing excuses. Would you mind if I read that at my Monday night group? The topic's going to be Excuses We Tell Ourselves. I, myself, have a million of them!:o
I've got some big news: I've decided to go for Personal Trainer certification. :o :^: :) :carrot: :?: :cool: :D And those little emoticons represent all the feelings I have about it, but I'm working thru it. The truth is, I believe [from my Mon. night sessions] that I'm good at this sort of thing, and whether I like it or not, people will be more apt to come and talk to me if I have the certification. So it's all exciting and scary and the textbook is terrifying....! But, oh well, lots of things are terrifying, right? Ha! You know what the scariest thing is? I've got to lose these last 10 pounds and keep myself looking good. No more fritzing around with walking the talk, and all that! Great to see you you, Wildfire! Where's our beloved Empress? Adventuring, no doubt! |
Ok 21 days done. My next set of goals....the same except I will extend the time to 8 pm on the week ends, and limit the wine to 2 per week until the 3rd of August. I am going to the cottage then with my parents and although I'm sure I won't be hog wild, I don't want to be limited then. So this set goes 'til August 7th?
Tally: 1. water ******* ******* ******* 2. Road walk ***** ***** ***** 3. No food after 7 pm. ******* ******* ******* 4. 2 glasses of wine/week. -1-/ -1-/-1-1-/ 5. multivitamin ******* ******* ******* Ok....gotta go walk. I sure can't type! :wave: |
13/2/1
Still going. No loss at WI this week, so I'm stalled verging on 20 pounds lost at WW. This week I'll lose some, I will :yes: I was very hungry by the time I got back from WI but didn't overeat or eat banned substances, which I'm counting as an NSV. So far, my experience of SLD is that it's made me a bit less hungry and a bit more in control. If it never does anything more than that, 'twill still be far, far better. Combined with not eating other than at the table when I'm alone, not consuming those substances that tend to send me flying off the wagon, meditation, yoga, tai chi, weight-lifting, running and walking, drinking gallons of water... well, that really should do it, shouldn't it. Onward! Tomorrow maybe I'll be able to change my ticker :crossed: (will say this every day until it happens).
Stressful here at work. My new assistant editor puts together a newsletter on Monday that he's made the same errors in judgement on (misleading links to irrelevant content) week after week. Which I patiently explain the folly of, week after week. By the time I finish proofing the NL I'm just about a basket case. I think I may have made my points strongly enough this week that he won't do it again next week. Plus I asked the director to have a look and she said she'd speak to him. Still, stressed and tired I just had a brief recreational read on the couch and feel a bit better about it. I've also got myself over-booked with work and I switched something around so I'm not under so much pressure. I think I'm making progress here... Eydie, that's fantastic! Loved your eloquent sequence of smileys -- I know just how you feel! That's very exciting news and will be such a great thing for you to do -- you've always been an inspiring exerciser. Soooo... sounds like you may have a calling -- and you responded. Good for you! Ceara, congrats on the 21 days! And 13 pounds off in -- what? 3 and-a-half weeks? -- holy crow, woman! You're amazing! K. I'm going back to work to do bare minimum that needs to be done and then get the heck out of Dodge. Love to all, and AVANTI!!! |
hi ceara-congrats on your 21 day challenge!
eydie-that is great about deciding to go for personal trainer certification! and greetings to arabella, katrinabgood, wildfire, anagram, kaylets, amarantha, and to all our lovely queens, mentioned or -un! hope everyone is having a good day thus far. this relentless heat is just the pitts. i am one big ms short-circuit, as a result. i haven't been able to do as much exercise the past couple of days as usual, but still doing what i can, and have been staying op. the only good thing about the heat is that i don't want to eat as much as i usually do, so i guess i can't really complain too much. :) well, take care, all. |
Good news on the WI Arabella! Isn't this a special day for you? :hb: :gift: :hat: :woo: :balloons: :encore:
:cheers: Have a drink on me! Hi wsw...thanks...just following your bread crumbs! Where's Anagram and Kaylets? Punkin are you around here? You've been doing great things I see....Wildfire...did it slow down yet? Eydie...how goes the training? And the meeting last night? Clutha...? You're still on a streak? Kat....you're quiet too....interesting observation on the excuses....I should print that off and put it on the fridge! Successful day yesterday...although I almost melted on the walk...Geesh! Appears to be better today...it rained sometime through the night. Tally: 1. water * 2. Road walk * 3. No food after 7 pm. * 4. 2 glasses of wine/week. 5. multivitamin * Feels like I'm back at square one here....I miss my *'s! :lol: Got a dog appointment this am and a quartet to coach...gotta get going. :wave: |
G' mornin' Royals. Sorry for hit/miss postings recently. Last Monday was six months since dh left and I've taken some time off from almost everything to do some base-touching with myself and once again to reassess where I am and where I'm pointed.
The good news for me is that I have completed eight days consecutively of calories below 1600. Only six count toward the current challenge but that's a worthy record too for someone who's been off the wagon so much more than on for a long time now. During last week, I also managed five days of either pool or tai chi plus some heavy duty yard work. Demon Scale has responded well though most is water, of course. I also have yet to take the day of "more than 1800" calories. I will do that though. That's one of my key points. I've also been eating 4-6 times a day. Both should help fight my "deprived" feelings. I'm with you on that heat, wsw & ceara. Hotter than Hades here again today but tomorrow should be a slight improvement. Eydie, it sounds like a perfect match for you to take on that new career path! Wood Nymph and Ceara - happy to hear of your losses. I'm still heading for revirgined territory. Am currently less than 7 lbs above most recent "lowest" - basically back to where I had been plateauing for so long - a familiar place. But considering how long I was on prednisone this last time, I guess it could be worse. So off I go - it's the pool today, tai chi'd yesterday. |
Re the six hour reception (I've been gone a while, I guess) - something similar happened at DDs rehersal dinner. Well greased father and godfather of groom put on embarrassingly long, drawn out and wandering "speeches". WG father even started out saying it wouldn't be about bride and groom because there'd be lots of speeches about them the next day. He was true to his word and had everybody bored and starving. THIS on top of the groom's parents being WAY late and holding everything up on that end as well.
After the two of them FINALLY sat down, DH stood up and quietly directed attention back to the b&g with a sweet (and short) toast. DD told him she was never more proud of him. It did sort of put things in a more normal perspective but - PHEW - it was so torturous sitting through their maudlin wanderings. |
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