Yes, Happy Canadian Thanksgiving ! Congrats on cooking and then remaining on your food plan Wood Nymph!
Yes, that inbtwn world of eating "what I don't really want to eat but MUST"
is definitely a nether world.
Saturday, I actually turned myself around on a trip to a candy jar but went
back later....
Then yesterday, I had hard candies in my mouth and managed to spit them out.... had to make sure they were very deep in the trash so I wouldnt be able to lose control again....
Luckily, I had two containers of homemade soup in the fridge and ate them.
And was amazed at how much I enjoyed the flavor. Forgotten how good it was.
That's why I had been avoiding the soup in the first place...... My brain was telling me the soup wasnt as much fun to eat as something else loaded up w/ sugar.........Then DH made a big pot of split peas and asparagus that really hit the spot last night. I plan to bring lots of it to work today as it bodes to be a long day.
Somehow, I forgot that I need big amounts to feel satisifed and have been trying to "cope" w/out..... Now I realize why core or no point, lo point soups were such a favorite of mine....
Cannot believe they are recalling lettuce. Its really time for me to start growing indoors.....
Hello and big hugs to all.... Please don't feel left out if I don't mention you by name......
We can do this.....we don't need to do it perfectly, just need to DO IT!!!
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Thought of the day :
"Life isn't like a box of chocolates... it's more like a jar of jalapeno's. What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow !"
Avanti, Royals! Was just a'talkin' 'bout ye all in a land far far far away with someone 'n thinkin' how ye were missed in Amarantha's life, but it's still hard for me to get on this site, though a little better this time. Have started a royal branch o' this royal tribe in said far far far faaaarrrrr away place, even usin' my name o' Amarantha, but verra much missin' ye all, so wanted to say hello 'n hopin' this postie will post 'n not get lost in space.
Not meanin' to be cryptic or intrusive ... just wanted to say hi. Hago the Halloween Challenge Hag also says huzzah!
Good morning, lies! On Tuesday afternoon, I had a run-in with ice cream and homemade peanut butter sauce (I am just way too good at whipping up things like that). I've been noticing that any time I fall off the wagon I feel crummy physically, mentally, spiritually. But this was the worst -- I woke up at 2:30 in the morning with horrendous hot flashes that just kept a'comin' and didn't sleep another wink. Feeling stressed and exhausted all day. Yeah, go figure, huh The thing is, I never really connected the sugar to the hot flashes or the "hangover" but I'm thinking it's the I mostly try to avoid it anyway but I've got a new understanding of how horrid it is for me. I'm officially REALLY on the wagon. Today I'm going to create my checklist of daily behaviours that are going to get me to my healthiest self. That blouse I want to wear over the festive season is calling to me...
Amarantha, how wonderful to see you! I wish this site worked better for you Canst thou give an hint about the path to far, far, far away land?
K, Queenlies! Let's give this day our best. Avanti!
Oooh, just got this quote in a newsletter and it really struck a chord:
-Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
There’s no doubt that life can be hard. And yet life is poetic. What we learn in our time here is beautiful. All that we really take with us is the wisdom we garner. Life is full of joy. We were blessed, against all odds, to be here, in this time and place, in this particular circumstance. It is our duty to live this life and to get all that we can from the experience.
It is our duty to live this life and to get all that we can from the experience.
I love that, Wood Nymph!
Hi, just snuck in here again as have been so missin' ye queens (and any lurkin' towel boys, hags, bearers or magickal folk of all diet ilk) ... thought for awhile yesterday I was going to get in and out of here easily but I had a pile of popups left from tribal fusion after I departed and these are a problem on my computer ...
Arabella, I pm'd thee to say hi 'n thanks fer sayin' hi!!!
arabella-i love that quote. i had a really rough day, week, month----etc., and it was just what i needed to hear to help soothe the savage beast in me.
got stuck at one of my regular doc appointments today for soooo long, and it really wore me out. lots of on-going car, financial stress getting to me too, and really wanted to eat over it, but stuck to my guns, and stayed op, which was pleased about. well, speaking of being worn out, need to get to bed. just wanted to peek in and send greetings to the royal court.
Good morning, Queenlies, and a happy Friday to all!
Not usurping, I'm not -- If our beloved Punkinseed of Friday doth enter the palace 'twould be lovely to have her proclaim the day.
I'm doing great -- new lease on life and diet that I am going to hang on to very firmly. I think I may have been on to something when it occurred to me that I might be shooting self in foot when things seem good. Will be on the lookout for any such impulses. Off sugar, I am, plus all nastie whyte thingies... Have dedicated self to full yoga before I start work in the mornings. There's no reason I have to be at my desk before 9 and I will resist that siren's song...
I have a serious proposal to put before the court. As we know, esteemed Empress Amarantha has problems getting safely in and out of the Palace and is dwelling in a far away realm. Our numbers have dwindled here and it would be lovely to reunite as many Royals as possible to reignite the royal flame :fire: Sooooo... what doth all lies think of joining thread in far away realm? We wouldn't have to cut our ties here but methinks there might be more activity on the thread if we make the journey. What thinkest thou?
wsw, I'm glad you liked that quotation. I found it very helpful too -- I'm going to print it out and put it on my bulletin board to keep it in mind. Oh, good for YOU going to bed instead of eating! Wow, if I'd done that every time I should have I don't think I'd have ever become fat. Ah well, we overcome and move on, right?
i would be open to such a move, arabella. if this would be the case, just let me know when and where.
it was chilly here this morning. ugh! i hate cold weather almost as much as extreme heat. actually, i always hated the cold, even before having ms. anyway, it's just chilly, not cold, so really don't need to be whiny yet. just not ready for this change in temps, i guess. had to be at the car repair place very earlythis morning, and wasn't prepared for the weather. need to get my sweaters out of hiding and in to use now. well, so far so good today being op. have been getting lax again though with using meditation tapes, and need to get more consistency back with that. am going to movie this evening with friends, and then dinner, which should be pleasant. well, hope everyone has a good afternoon. take care, all.
Ack...am back again. This time from the EAST. Had a great time, but am sorta looking foreward to "normal"cy, whatever that is!
Have a brekki date with friends tomorrow am....I have to say that the eating was better this time....OP during the day....but those dinners! Seafood! However....I plan to be on the road again tomorrow...on foot that is...
Whatever the court decides is fine. Please leave a trail for this errant royal to find... I will look in tomorrow I promise!
We leave in less than an hour to fly to Boston for the day.
Well, I got on the scale. A NSV! Was away for 6 days and DID NOT GAIN! (sorry for shouting...but I am a LITTLE bit excited here). Of course I didn't lose either, but as I told Ms Arabella a bit ago, a maintain is as good as a loss! Of course I was doing a lot of walking, and even with the micro-brewery beers, totally fattening foods at dinner and even dessert one night (cheesecake to die for in a Tapas place), I maintained. YIPPEE! Of course I ate fruit and peanut butter on rye for breakfast and lunch, being of a frugal nature and not wanting to pay those fancy high-priced hotel food costs....for what? The dinners were fabulous, and well worth saving the $ for...I think I averaged 35-40 dollars/day on food.... (OK, I am crawling down from the brag wagon now....sheepishly)
I have a brekkie appt....which Bestest Friend will be calling to arrange for shortly, so I must get off the line.
Wsw...you are on a roll! My hero....again. Hopefully you will find an equally satisfying friend as the one who is gone for two years....doors open!
OK...where is everyone? I expected hours of reading and was finished quite quickly....great to see the Empress here...where's Eydie and Punkin? And all the rest? Arabella is right, we are mighty but few. Hmmm.
Kaylets....my fridge was purchased in 1982 I think. Nice fridgy, fridgy. (I live in dread). Is it an antique? Have a great time in Boston...the colours should be gorgeous!
QOD - Spicey food and I don't get along these days with the hiatial hernia...I'd say chili or salsa...mild.
Anagram, what a beautiful day you had....we blasted through PA yesterday, from Maryland. Gorgeous countryside.
Must mention that the munch monkey was in the other vehicle....no temptation for me. My car-mate slept a lot.
Kat, how ye be? Day at a time....that is all I can handle these days....it is not pissing down out there at the moment, but is piddling. How come everytime I get home and ready to exercise (which is 2 - 4 letter words sorta), the sky is dripping? I don't like to be wet that way.....very grey out there.
'K....gotta fly...get in a load of laundry and then brekkie...mayhaps the walk can happen later if it clears up. If not, I may get wet.
Good bright, cool, sunny morn, Royal Court. I confess I have been doing THE NAUGHTY of not checking in because I have not been doing well on my journey. Well do I know that this is EXACTLY when I need to be with you all. And SHAME (while this is not normally permitted in the Court, I felt a small need to beat myself up to start chasing the wagon again).
I finally got in a good FALL walk on Thursday. Foot problems have abated a tad to make that possible. Tai Chi yesterday. Going to try for a nice walk later - a bit too chilly yet.
Yes, Ceara, we're in our beautiful season here. I intend to enjoy it as much as possible. And your victory was indeed noteworthy. You could have ok'd the gain of a couple of water pounds which would surely have happened to me. Where in MD?
And, Wood Nymph, as usual you found something to motivate me. I too will print out that marvelous quote. I THINK all those things but not in such a coherent manner.
Not to mention the constant motivation from our Southern Belle. You have so often things I could include in my Book of Excuses but you seem to hand in there, nonetheless.
Kaylets, to Boston? Loverly. For only a day, though? So much to enjoy there.
Good to hear from you, Empress. I just cancel those same popups as they're coming in. I too have a lot of problems with the tribal fusion things. It does speed up access to cut them off at the pass.
Must concentrate on the FUN part of my rebuilding. It's easier not to lapse into late evening eating when I'm having fun. I think I'm finally losing the MONO drag, able to do a lot more than a month ago. So what's my excuse now? Well, none - but I'll probably come up with some more
So far, today seems like the perfect day to go search out the wagon and try to do somewhat better. I too had a run in with peanut butter (light ice cream) last night. I've been avoiding i.c. but honestly it does seem to help my mood and I probably had fewer calories with that than with all I'd have sought out to quell the munchies otherwise. When I lost 40 lbs some years back, I was able to have some daily - but in MODERATION (that word I forget often) and as one of my "dairies".
I think staying home both Friday and Saturday nights may be one night too many. I really and truly wanted to stay home last night, despite a Bruce Cockburn concert that I would have wanted to go to if it wasn't Friday night. But now here we are, watched a movie and it's getting on for bedtime and I feel like I should have gone somewhere and done something. Ah well, torrents and winds outside -- I think I'm just about ready to tuck self into bed and have a longish read. I'll have to make a point of getting self out for long enough tomorrow. Maybe I'll take my mom for a drive in the country, pick up DS and DGS...
I walked around the harbour this morning and then woggled through the woods, came back and did 50 mins. of yoga. DH and I went to the Farmer's Market and bought lots of lovely organic veggies. I wanted to hang around and look at more stuff and visit with people but he could hardly get out of there fast enough. Maybe I can go by myself next week...
I meditated when I first got up but may try to get in another little bout to set me up for bed.
Ceara, WTG on the NSV -- Or is it an SV when it's scale related? A triumph, in any case, maintaining whilst enjoying self so thoroughly!
Anagram, that's it exactly -- we think those things but when someone expresses it so eloquently it really hits home.
WSW, it's hard to adjust to cold weather, isn't it. I can occasionally get into "sweater weather" but I often just feel like having to put on extra clothes to go outside is just a hassle, man.
Kaylets, I love Boston! The company I work for is based there so I usually go a couple of times a year. Hope you have a nice trip, if only for a day. QOD: I'm a spice-hound -- I like it all!
Akay, now I'm going to go wash my face and go to bed. G'night all!
Ok, am rather stiff this morning. DH and I did another expansion on the front flower bed. It doubled again. Put in 50 Narcissus (mostly daffs I think) and 100 iris...of a bulb kind....they look like siberian flowering ones in the picture, but the bulbs are different. Also dug up some non-producing tulips and croci and put them in that bed. Top dressed some hostas, put in some rhiszome/tuber type Iris....still have a few more to wack in, and called it a day. Home-made cabbage soup, baking powder biscuits and fresh pineapple for supper.
Hope to get out for a walk today. It is supossed to start raining this pm and I want to beat it. At least I won't have to water in the bulbs!
A fresh start is always good, even in the midst of doing well -- which I have been (patting self on back smiley?). I had a very nice weekend. I did take my mom for a drive yesterday out along the shore and down to the beach. It was gorgeous there, nicer than in town because it wasn't windy -- must just have been the direction of the wind. We both waded into the water, which was cold but not completely numbing, hung out for a while enjoying the crashing surf and headed home again. Meanwhile, DH was cooking a healthy dinner and when I got home we ate and watched a movie. I had a couple of glasses of wine. I seem to be able to manage that much, once a week, without suffering horrid hot flashes.
I've got WI at lunchtime -- hoping the last four stellar days will make up for the less than stellar days pre-lightbulb moment. Tonight's choir practice, so I want to try to get in a little practice. I've got voice lessons the next two or three weeks, taking over for a friend who's away. I'll get the teacher to sing the songs for the Nov. 11 concert and then I'll be able to practice using the tapes. It will be SO exciting if I can actually sing them by the concert :
I'll send out another PM with instructions on how to get into the alt. palace. We definitely want to make sure that we can all get in there before we try to move the court Amarantha and Eydie are there, posting pretty much daily. I feel like I'll have to join another thread here if we do move, because I'd hate to leave 3FC, but the new palace is billed as the biggest "healthy living community online" which sounds like a good place to be part of. I like the idea of having a larger focus than just weight loss.
Am I being too pushy? Let me know if you'd all rather just stay here -- I'd understand! Consensus rules, in my book.
Ceara, I so wish I had your gardening mojo! I've got the beds, I've got the ideas -- now if I could only get out there and work it... I admire you so!
K, Lovelies, I must go hang sheets on line and then get some -- paying -- work done.
Today's the day, it really is.
lies! On Tuesday afternoon, I had a run-in with ice cream and homemade peanut butter sauce (I am just way too good at whipping up things like that). I've been noticing that any time I fall off the wagon I feel crummy physically, mentally, spiritually. But this was the worst -- I woke up at 2:30 in the morning with horrendous hot flashes that just kept a'comin' and didn't sleep another wink. Feeling stressed and exhausted all day. Yeah, go figure, huh 
The thing is, I never really connected the sugar to the hot flashes or the "hangover" but I'm thinking it's the 
I mostly try to avoid it anyway but I've got a new understanding of how horrid it is for me. I'm officially REALLY on the wagon. Today I'm going to create my checklist of daily behaviours that are going to get me to my healthiest self. That blouse I want to wear over the festive season is calling to me...
Canst thou give an hint about the path to far, far, far away land? 
Good morning, Queenlies, and a happy Friday to all!
Will be on the lookout for any such impulses. Off sugar, I am, plus all nastie whyte thingies... Have dedicated self to full yoga before I start work in the mornings. There's no reason I have to be at my desk before 9 and I will resist that siren's song...
Well, I got on the scale. A NSV! Was away for 6 days and DID NOT GAIN! (sorry for shouting...but I am a LITTLE bit excited here). Of course I didn't lose either, but as I told Ms Arabella a bit ago, a maintain is as good as a loss! 
Of course I was doing a lot of walking, and even with the micro-brewery beers, totally fattening foods at dinner and even dessert one night (cheesecake to die for in a Tapas place), I maintained. YIPPEE! Of course I ate fruit and peanut butter on rye for breakfast and lunch, being of a frugal nature and not wanting to pay those fancy high-priced hotel food costs....for what? The dinners were fabulous, and well worth saving the $ for...I think I averaged 35-40 dollars/day on food....
(OK, I am crawling down from the brag wagon now....sheepishly)
I think staying home both Friday and Saturday nights may be one night too many. I really and truly wanted to stay home last night, despite a Bruce Cockburn concert that I would have wanted to go to if it wasn't Friday night. But now here we are, watched a movie and it's getting on for bedtime and I feel like I should have gone somewhere and done something. Ah well, torrents and winds outside -- I think I'm just about ready to tuck self into bed and have a longish read. I'll have to make a point of getting self out for long enough tomorrow. Maybe I'll take my mom for a drive in the country, pick up DS and DGS... 
Maybe I can go by myself next week...
Tonight's choir practice, so I want to try to get in a little practice. I've got voice lessons the next two or three weeks, taking over for a friend who's away. I'll get the teacher to sing the songs for the Nov. 11 concert and then I'll be able to practice using the tapes. It will be SO exciting if I can actually sing them by the concert 
: 
Amarantha and Eydie are there, posting pretty much daily. I feel like I'll have to join another thread here if we do move, because I'd hate to leave 3FC, but the new palace is billed as the biggest "healthy living community online" which sounds like a good place to be part of. I like the idea of having a larger focus than just weight loss. 