Would it be bad to say I can not wait for hubby to get on that plane? He has been at home for 6.5 weeks now. he is driving me insane. He is a bad influence to have around if I want to lose weight too. And let us not mention how tired I am of the "lovin" as he will be in withdrawels being away from me so long. lol So I feel guilty skipping a night here and there. I want my LIFE back. I went through my boxes in Cameron's old room yesterday. Well, half of them anyways. My bil is going to try and sell Terry's collectables for me. I have been dragging them around for ten years now. I can't deal with the emotional bondage I have with it anymore. Plus, space is money moving so far. I have to drag these 15 or so boxes to Cali though. It will take 2 trips, thankfully we are swapping teenagers this week and swapping back in a few days, so that will be my 2 trips. (my eldest lives with her right now)
Well, wishing you all the strength to keep to your resolutions. Thanks for all the support! I will be around a lot more the next month. I will be sucessful at this weight loss thing this time!
Yes Flower, sometimes it is easier to get things done when they're not underfoot. I would still miss 'em if they were gone though!
Wacky Wednesday...bright and sunny. Done my walk and most of my weights....just a couple to go. Workin' on the water. I like to get half of it down before 1 pm...that way I can get rid of some of it before bed!
Ceara, I am indeed foggy - read a message from you in email notification and now it's not here. ?????
Well, I not only fell off the wagon, it fell on top of me. I'm still trying to fight my way back to where I can see the road. I've been reading some posts but need to really catch up. The courage of my stalwart s during the holiday struggle is inspirational. And, flower, what a REALLY NEW START for your New Year. I understand well the difficulty in parting with those possessions.
Each day I've said "new start" and each day so far I've failed. I'm not going to beat on me as I think I'm doing my usual of going to food for comfort and beating on me won't help. I've been getting some exercise at least though not as balanced as I like it to be. Weather's been so good I've been walking though yesterday it was just in stores and up and down and up and down stairs.
A fresh start a day, that's my motto! There was some discussion in yonder realm (on a 3-day streak thread) about the possibility of doing 3-hour streaks. That seems like a big enough commitment to me sometimes. And maybe if I renewed my commitment every three hours I'd be able to do it? Three minutes, I think I could count on but three hours can be pretty iffy!
I've been reading some stuff lately about how little we can predict our own state of mind even in the near future. Definitely is my experience. Early in the a.m. I'm totally signed-up. And usually get through the mornings unscathed. But then the afternoons can be quite the other story. As described elsewhere, yesterday I ate a bacon and tomato sandwich mid-aft and the day before that plum pudding I'm fairly sure this is not the way to lose weight. Gain, maybe. Even though I made it through the holidays without gaining anything substantial, I could easily make up for that now, it seems. Must nip in bud! WILL nip in bud. This afternoon if I'm hungry I'll have something else: egg salad and carrot sticks or hummus and carrot stix or a baked sweet potato. No off-P foods!
Anagram, what color seatbelt would you like? I think I'll go for a royal purple today. Am envisioning same fastened securely 'round my soon-to-be shrinking hips! Walking is very good and v. helpful for one's state of mind, too. Even round the stores!
Flower, I know what you mean about anxiously awaiting DH's flight. I've been absolutely giddy sometimes after I dropped mine off at the airport. If only because it means I have more time to myself.
Ceara, see you in yonder palace! Quite the little points competition going there, is there not?
Argh! Aye Matey! And what makes it so exciting is the SPIN! It is like a gambling obsession....glad I don't have money on it! I had a 3 day streak before Christmas of 20, 20 and 25 I think...now 1 and 2's. I think they like to tease you! I really don't care if I'm at the top (although it is nice), - I just like to rack 'em up! And of course the team benefits...we seem to be solidly around the 150 mark...which is good for only 12 members...some of those teams have a lot more!
Anagram...sorry you are so foggy! I have days like that too....I'm glad I work in the pm's....the fog has to lift or I will be snowed under...it is too busy at work to be "off" mentally. Like Arabella sez....somedays it is hard to stay on the wagon 3 minutes. Be kind to yourself and maybe lower your goal standards for a few days....cut yourself some slack! Add one do-able goal every few days and they will add up!
That being said, I don't know if I will do any exercise today. I should give meself a rest day....but I know what the rest of the week-end will do to me...I started using a straight bar to do upright rows and lunges...no weight other than the bar itself...25 lb I think, and I'm feeling it through the shoulders. Maybe a nice gentle walk...if it doesn't rain!
Day 2 of no chocolate beginning. Now that is a challenge!
Well it isn't raining but it sure is gloomy out there...has been raining for most of yesterday and the ditches are full. Hope to go for a walk before I work...better wear water wings! I just can NOT believe how unseaonally mild it is! We burn a fire in the airtight to keep the damp off and to keep the draft going in the right direction....not because it is cold in the house!
Fly-by: Made my 3 days w/o sugar. Today begins a new challenge. What can I do for three days? Let's try:
No sugar, including *sob* wine
No wheat OR bread (a la Core)
Exercise (cardio + yoga daily + 1 session circuit training)
Daily meditation
3L water
Daily FUN!
WI is Monday and my weight has been going up and down between 3 up and no gain since Christmas Eve. Today it's 3 up and I want to see that GONE! I CAN do this for 3 days
Foggy here today, and drizzly. I'm heading out for a walk soon, yoga to follow. Fatigue-related brain fog lifted yesterday, thanks be.
Saying "hi" - can't say much else ;-) I've been so good every morning but every evening And I mean really bad! Cannot seem to pull me together. I know the one year anniverary (coming up) of DHs loss is a part of it but neither he nor I would want me to be killing me with chocolate!
Anyway, plan to take a nice walk today in our expected 66 degree weather. And no commitments the next few days - mostly a planned "hang loose" time. Lots TO do, of course but a sort of "break" from the musts.
Back to tai chi class yesterday and this part. location has added a Monday afternoon class so that will also be on my agenda. Been walking outdoors since weather's been doable but will head back to pool once winter finally hits.
I have no time for the internet right now. I think about you all daily though. I have to get the house ready to sell. Hubby had his 2 interviews on Thursday, hopefully we know something Monday. In the meantime, I be mommy and daddy and house cleaner and packer and get this house ready for market. Calgon take me away!
hi royals! i've missed you. every time i started to feel better, it turned out to be a "false start." i am finally finished with this last round of antibiotics for bronchitis, and hopefully this has done the trick. well, just wanted to check in briefly, and let you know i had been thinking about you. hope the beginning of this new year is going well for everyone so far. i have have managed to stay op, and plan to continue to hang in there. in the past year, i lost 24 pounds. it was a fight to the finish for every ounce too, so am pleased about this. onward and downward. take care, all.
Wsw...there have been some really bad repiratory bugs out there....I see people every day in my branch with coughs, colds and no voices....yuck! Get better.
I am fighting the blues these days....feel blah, under-appreciated etc and so forth. I have decided not to wallow in this, but to just chase away the negative thoughts about me, about other people and about what other people may or may not be doing to me. I don't care....well I do, but the road to worrying about that would lead to insanity, right? It isn't my problem what people think, say or try to do to me or about me. I will not give them that power. SO THERE!
Off the now....it is trying to be winter here! The rain is turning to snow, but the mud prevails! Yuck. I am going to get some breakfast and review the walking situation....I am already muddy just from taking the heathens out....they insist on rubbing on me! And they are muddy!
thanks, ceara! hope that the blues and the reasons for them will lessen as quickly as possible. you certainly are appreciated here, and deservedly so!
---and hello to all in our royal kingdom. still hanging on to food plan by my dainty fingernail, and will continue on this, albeit at times bumpy, path. i didn't make any actual new year's resolutions, but did review this past year, and was pleased to note that i had stuck to my goals (life and health), and plan to stick to my same basic goals for this year, only adding more consistency and frequency of some of them. one thing i definitely need to increase is fun, which i all too easily forget about. well, take care, all.
to all! Hope you are well!
s during the holiday struggle is inspirational. And, flower, what a REALLY NEW START for your New Year. I understand well the difficulty in parting with those possessions.
Good morning, Queenly Ones!
I'm fairly sure this is not the way to lose weight. 
Gain, maybe. Even though I made it through the holidays without gaining anything substantial, I could easily make up for that now, it seems. Must nip in bud! WILL nip in bud. This afternoon if I'm hungry I'll have something else: egg salad and carrot sticks or hummus and carrot stix or a baked sweet potato. No off-P foods! 
Walking is very good and v. helpful for one's state of mind, too. Even round the stores! 
And I mean really bad! Cannot seem to pull me together. I know the one year anniverary (coming up) of DHs loss is a part of it but neither he nor I would want me to be killing me with chocolate!
now....it is trying to be winter here! 
The rain is turning to snow, but the mud prevails! Yuck. I am going to get some breakfast and review the walking situation....I am already muddy just from taking the heathens out....they insist on rubbing on me! And they are muddy!