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G'morning kids...Just sipping my coffee, waiting for dh to amble on out of slumberland. I'm not waking him, it's nice and quiet for the moment!
I just got off the scale and am a full 2lbs lighter than I was last night at weigh in. That's okay though, I'll keep that in mind this weekend when it's time to eat...should keep me on the straight & narrow. I know I've said it before, but summer really is the best time for dieting...so much available in the way of fresh, seasonal fruits and veggies. Last night we had corn on the cob and sauteed zucchini, tomatoes, onions and garlic with our bbq'd chicken. For dessert (don't laugh) I had chopped up a sweet sweet peach, mixed it with cottage cheese and topped it with blueberries. :T Okay, gotta go. Have a great weekend all, keep cool, stay focused, have fun! |
I'm here, I'm here!
Busy and a little "put-upon" the last few days. Some of which was put on by mine own self :dz: So mine own darn fault. Need to work on that! Sometimes I hardly finish agreeing to do something before I start resenting it -- might be a better idea to consider more carefully before saying "yea."
My MIL had a fall on the weekend and they took her into the hospital. We got a call saying she was fine. Then, later, another call saying that x-rays had shown a large spot on one lung and multiple small ones on her other. Further examination found spots on her brain. She had colon cancer a few years back. Sooo... I guess this is it. I just hope she doesn't have a long illness. She doesn't want to have chemo or biopsies or anything. She's almost 91 and has been blessed with excellent health and an enviable amount of energy. Her retirement has been a total model -- travel, taking classes, etc. Thanks for all the nice birthday wishes -- the afternoon and the gathering were both LOVELY!!! :) The beach was gorgeous, the water temperature perfect and only a normal complement of jellyfish. So we swam and lolled in the water and chatted. My sister wanted to go for a walk on the beach and I first said, no -- I'll just go back to the mats and lie in the sun. Reason being that I didn't want to parade my swimsuit-clad body down the shore. But then I decided the heck with it and went for a stroll. It was nice -- we did encounter a couple of young and flawless (physically at least) women, one of which looked very noticeably and scornfully at our bodies. But I didn't take it to heart. Then the gathering later was really very nice -- I got in more good times with my sisters and felt good. Oh, and another nice thing: when I got home from the beach there was a mysterious envelope and when I opened it up, it was a check for $1,500 from a company that stiffed me on some freelance work YEARS ago when they folded. I had completely written that money off. Just went down on the debt, but I guess it's a good thing anyway. Am starting over -- didn't manage to meditate yesterday. Doing well on the whole, although the scale seems to be stuck. Oh and now I've rambled on so long that I've got to leave and get some work done. I'll be back, though -- so much I want to respond to! Let's make this a good one! |
Hi Arabella....what bad news! I hope things go smoothly for MIL and your family.
Yeah Kat....that scale is a fickle thing isn't it? I had brekkie, did some running around. Now I wanna go dig dirt...I visited a few nurseries....am looking for a particular hosta. I'm on a quest! Still have 1/2 of the water to drink and every thing else to do on my list...better get glubbing and walking I guess! :wave: Frogger! |
Ah, Wood Nymph! Sorry to hear your MIL will be going through her last journey. What a brave woman, too. It sounds as though she lived a very full life and is accepting. Will be hard on all but would be if she were having chemo, etc. too.
And your birthday sounds PERFECT (well, except for the "flawless" chick but who needs her - she's not "royal"). And what perfect timing for the mysterious envelope to arrive. I'd say 2/3 on the debt and 1/3 to blow to compensate for the anguish caused by the long delay in compensation. I'm sure you went through all kinds of emotions when you had to write it off. My calories were up around the 1800 mark the last two days so now it's time to buckle down again. Today is the halfway point of my current challenge so I have to rebuckle. It's been so nice to be sitting squarely on the wagon for change. I don't want to blow it. |
Fly-bye quickie. It's great to have you on the wagon Anagram! I am off to walk, (may have to wear a jacket!), then work...so :wave: to all Royals!
Tally: 1. water ***** 2. Road walk *** 3. No food after 7 pm. ***** 4. 2 glasses of wine/week. -1- 5. multivitamin ***** BTB...WTG Kat on the 2 lbs down...hope the week end with hubby is good! |
Saturday in the Palace
A little tired today -- think I've got a smidgen of a bug that DGS has had. Don't feel badly, just had some digestive upset and now am weary. Gearing up to go for my woggle but decided I'd have some coffee and spend some time in the palace before I left to fortify self. I skipped the meditation and mind/body exercise yesterday but will do today :yes: I've been having trouble making the scale nudge downward for a few weeks and want to start moving again. Took the fish oil caps yesterday and did have noticeable appetite suppression. I've been doing pretty well, diet-wise, but not 100% and it really doesn't take much to stall the weight loss. "Avanti!" I say. (Missing our Empress!) I was thinking, amid birthday musings, of blessings and joys and of how everyone in this group is counted large among both. Thank you! Kaylets, yes, I often get an eye tic when tired and/or stressed and sometimes it lasts for weeks. Remember to get your royal R&R! I love the recent QoDs: Grandmothers' maiden names: Prowse & Whitehead (makes me feel good just saying this, making that connection -- I must delve deeper) First car I drove was a little red Renault that my brother'd bought very cheaply. I remember we'd scrounge up change for gas and put something like 35 cents-worth in the tank and go driving around :lol: My mom's phone number is the one I know best. Four+ decades of using a number will etch it on one's memory, I think ;) Katrina, 8.4 in four weeks is PERFECT! You're doing GREAT!!! And your weekend plan sounds lovely, too. Plus, you get to see your boy :) I thought it was interesting the way you mentioned noticing "excuses" more. I've been noticing how many times I fudge the truth for no really good reason -- usually to present something to DH in a better light or some such. I guess noticing is the first step, huh. Honesty is power! Eydie, how'd the "excuses" meeting go? Anagram, yes, I think she's prepared. And I hope to model my retirement on hers, she's had such a good time! She said something about death being the final great adventure of life :cheers: Which is how I want to look at it, despite not wanting to die any time soon. But after, say, another 50 years on the planet I should be ready for the next frontier. Are you still aware of your beloved's visits? I'm counting the walk on the shore, complete with scorn of the snippet, as an NSV. I did it, faced up to the fear and lived with the actuality without letting it send me into a tailspin. Yay me! Ceara, my love -- even if the scale is slow at this moment, by my reckoning you're down 13 pounds in exactly a month. Amazing! :encore: I love hostas! What kind are you looking for? Am coming along with Kaylets to float in your pool, BTW. :s: Wildfire, hope you didn't have any physical repercussions from that accident! WSW, has it cooled off yet? Hope you're well! I must book a massage myself -- DH's insurance pays for one a month but I haven't been getting them -- sad to say, I'm sure it's because of body-shame. Must just get over that and make an appointment. They feel soooooooo good :cloud9: K, Sweeties! I'm slurping a bit more :coffee: and then woggling along. Let's make this a good one! |
'lo, ladies. Still on track. Tough today as went out for late breakfast/lunch and really had a good one. So skimping tonight to come in under the allotted 1800. Think I'll do it though.
Exercise for the week was two tai chi classes, two pool workouts, 3 trekking through stores. Feet are so tired................ Had a really great sleep last night. Does wonders. You're a blessing to us too, WN and hope you're feeling a tad better. Kaylets I, too, at one time got a twitchy eye. It seems to have left me in recent years though :crossed: Seemed most prominent when I had teen aged kids ;) And yes, I still feel dh around me. Not constantly but when I need him. I'm going to head out now to read the newpaper on the Patio of Peace and Contentment as I feel him there more than a lot of other places and he'd esp. enjoy the fine evening. I'm pleased that the PPC retains that feel - I was a little worried that it might not w/o dh. And it has saved my sanity so oft through the years that I didn't want to lose that. So off i go before the sun goes down. |
Somebody kindly dust off my tiara!
Helloooo all you friendly, familiar faces! Arabella has the best timing. I've been looking around for a place to fit in here again (love the Alternachicks, but have yet to pull up a comfy permanent chair there) and there was her PM saying howdy! Great timing. First, I've got to say, my deepest sympathy is sent out to Anagram. I literally teared up when I saw you'd lost your DH. I feel like we went through a lot of his illness with you in a sense. Having just lost my stepdad a little over a year ago losses like yours just dredge up those feelings. I guess I can understand that magnitude of loss, unfortunately, so much better now. Arabella, thank you for the nudge to get back over here. I'm sorry for your MIL's prognosis too. She sounds like an amazing woman, and 91 years is downright impressive. We should all be so lucky - to have lived that life and to have the people around her she does now at this time in her life. Bless her. Kaylets, Ceara, Wildfire and Eydie, I've missed you all so!!!! As I was going through the 14 pages of posts every time I'd see a familiar face I thought "oh, she's still here too!". Good to see you all here and doing well (eh, Wildfire, hope your neck is well!). WSW, I'm happy to see you too. Sticking it out still through the "technical difficulties". You are an inspiration, truly! As for the massages. I just in the last 7 months have started treating them as important as any doctor's visit. They're good for the body and mind. If you can, keep going. Some insurances even cover them- of course *I* don't have insurance ($%&@#$ Oregon) but I've been saving up and having one every couple months. Sooooo worth it! Howdy to Clutha and KatrinaB! :wave: Lookin' forward to getting to know ya! Ok, mini mememe post. All is well, has been well. I took a year off after my stepdad passed to figure out what end was up in life - after losing my best friend's son, mom's best friend, grandfather and stepdad everything felt, I don't know, just bad. Bad, bad bad. I tried to force myself back to "normal" but there was no forcing to be had. So, in January I decided it was time to start moving myself back to a positive direction, joined WW with some friends, started scheduling massages, practicing meditation (tho not as often as I'm still aiming for!) and started practicing being a more honest person. I don't mean in the truthful sense, I mean starting to be ME and not who someone thinks I should be. If I feel it, I say it (hehe, for the most part, of course!). Life's too short on one hand, but to say you didn't get the chance to say you loved someone or what they mean to you is just a cop out. Or that you didn't have time to do one thing or another? No, you've just gotta do it. So, it's been my goal to just live more honest to myself. If that makes sense.... :dizzy: Mini updates that I can't remember if I've posted: ~ I became an auntie again in December. You all remember Bean, my bestest friend in CA who was here with our 3FC group yeeeeeears ago.... she had a baby boy, 13 weeks early, in December. He was 1 pound 13 ounces, but is now a biiiig boy and doing great. I'll be seeing her in 2 weeks and plan on giving the boy back when she leaves. Not a moment sooner! ~ Still visiting with "my guy" in LA. Yes, it's been almost 5 years of phone calls. No, I STILL have not met him face to face. That seems to be coming to an end in September though. I have tickets to fly to California for fun and work and we're planning on finally meeting up. Nervous? No.... it's been too long for me to be nervous about meeting him. ~ Mums is still doing well, still cancer free. She's starting her 3rd year cancer free this fall. Gods willing the visit we had from IT will be the only visit we ever get. That's a trip we're both grateful we made, but never want to go back to again. We're both trudging through the loooong list of things my stepdad never got finished. Learning to be extremely self-sufficient women. I think he'd be proud - well, I think he'd expect us to do what we're doing too! Uuuuuh, guess that's it. I'll get back to the posties later. I could really use a string of 21 days, currently I've gotten into a "post weigh in celebration" rut/bad habit and have been not counting anything past weigh in. Ya know, you can do a LOT of damage in a few hours! Check back later, toodles! Terri |
:carrot: What a nice surprise to come here and find a lovely chatty post from Punkin!:hug: The Prodigal returneth---kill the fatted calf---or tofu or something! Wow, have you ever? A biblical reference from ME?:D
I finished up a 21-dayer at some point and was starting on a second and last Monday it all came crashing down around me for no apparent reason a mere hour before my Monday nite session. Ironic, ain't it? That the workshop facilitator would go on a merry little cheap cookie binge just before the thing started. It was probably the weirdest episode ever, because there was nothing I could really pin it on. I think I figured it out, in the interest of being painfully honest. [I'm a huge fan of that too, Punkin!] I'm sure that it has to do with my recent decision to go for the PT certification and those old "tapes' started playing again, saying 'Who do you think you are, little miss? Let's throw some real sabotage your way and derail your confidence before your people get here. Let's see how well you function thru this sugar fog." It was weird--truly. So I changed the subject to 'how to bounce back after a binge'! And everyone was in agreement that the only way is to claw your way back immediately! It was quite the wake-up call. Just when you think you've conquered something forever, it's back. But as I always say. awareness is everything and I'm catching on faster and faster! My studies are so much more involved than I thought they'd be. Last night I looked up words like "sarcoplasmic reticulum" and "anthropometric assessments". It's like learning a new language, but thankfully the language is FASCINATING! Sorry for the me-me-me post. I really am paying attention. Even if I'm not responding to you all individually, know that I'm nodding and smiling and wishing we all lived closer!;) |
Dang...I just realized I posted to the old thread....NO WONDER!! :dizzy:
So here it is... Still at a 10 lb loss!!! I can't believe it! HI ALL!!!! Long time no talkie... Looking for a new job (still here same place) I continue to feel very unwelcome and my doctor has even suggested that I am showing signs of depression. She was like, whatever it is, NIP IT IN THE BUD!!! All I want to do is sleep, and I cry at the drop of a hat. I'm all kinds of things all at once, and I'm starting to stay physically sick. (Cold/flu symptoms) I have a phone interview on tuesday so I'm looking for 2 things. $$ and anything other than crap work. I'd take less $$ for my sanity... I'm trying to catch up on everyone. How are you girls? You should see my little tadpole. She'll be 2 years old in two months. Daddy has already taught her to count to 3. Then she says 5. 1-2-3-5 More later loves. I'll try to be around more... |
Hey Eydie! Yes, you flingin' biblical stuff is a bit scary.... Thanks for the welcome back!
Frogger, my goodness, the tadpole's gonna be 2????? I still remember your discovery of her existence! Wow, we all have been together for a long time haven't we?? Send pics when you can, I'd love to see little Sydney! Oh, and yes, sometimes your sanity is worth taking a job for slightly less money. Hopefully that all works out, stress/depression over work is no good since ya spend more time there than at home! Smooches all around, later gators, Terri |
Hola chicas! My goodness this board is running slow today.
Hey Punkin! Glad you made your way over from Alternachicks. My condolences on your stepdad's death. Glad to hear you and your mom are supporting each other still. How exciting you are finally meeting your guy! I went 9 years before finally meeting my Irishman, and we both can't understand why we waited so long! Arabella, sorry to hear of your MIL's illness. What a remarkable lady, to have lived as she has and have such courage for her final journey. Eydie, you go girl! You will make a great PT! (No matter what the cookies tell you!) Frogger, can you set yourself up with a headhunting agency if you haven't already? They often have the best leads on jobs because employers pay them big bucks to find the right person. Anagram, how comforting that your DH still shares the Patio of Peace and Contentment with you. Hard to believe six months have passed already. Ceara, what kind of hosta are you hunting? My neck/back are feeling better, and I imagine will continue to with time. Still have lingering problems from accident two years ago, so I am somewhat used to it. Declaring a new 21-day challenge: 1) Breakfast every day 2) Walk 30 minutes minimum every day 3) Water! |
Fly-by :wave: Things are insane at work -- huge campaign on and assistant taking week off :dz: All going well, another pound squoze off at WI and SLD working pretty well. Haven't been counting days but will start again soon. My plan for the day is to remain sane and if someone else's plan for me is to go mad (which is quite likely) I shall resist with all my strength. I'll try to get back in to respond later.
Oh, it feels so good to have more of the chicks home to roost :grouphug:! Avanti! |
Wildfire..I never thought about a headhunter. I'll have to research that. Thanks :hug:
My eating is completly out of control HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I eat and eat and eat. At this rate...my 10lbs will be put back on in no time. Time to buckle it down! Oh, more later...we are having a "meeting" about my concerns that I submitted to my PM. Maybe I won't have a job after today afterall...:?: |
'Morning' - so glad to see Punkin and Frogger back.
If today were not Day 14 of my current challenge, I think I'd go to an all you can eat buffet. I think I crawled over the 1800 calorie mark a bit the other night (by a rice cake or two) but since I allowed myself an up day or two (and that was the first) I'm continuing on the same challenge. average is still below 1800. No real weight loss but I'm feeling more toned. Skipping pool today as too many other appointments, etc. and peace of mind (relatively speaking) counts for something too. I'm so hungry I'm actually making lunch my "big" meal of the day today. Water, water, here I come. |
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