Yo!
 

It's 6 p.m. and I'm having a really GOOD on-program type of day. I'm about to have an ice cream cone made with Blue Bunny's new line of sugar- and fat-free ice creams made with Splenda. It's BUTTER PECAN, one of the best flavors in life. Then I will (gently) pump iron in my little gym.

Katrinabgood: Glad you are pumped up with healthy natural endorphins again! :) A step class and Curves was a really ambitious dual challenge, but you made it! I'd still like to try Curves. They had one here for awhile but it's closed now.

[COLOR=red]Motivational Song: "Just put one foot in front of the other ... and soon you'll be walkin' cross the floor ... just put one foot in front of the other ... and soon you'll be walkin' out the door." ~ A song from a children's animated Christmas TV program called (I think) 'A Town Without a Santa Claus' or words to that effect. Apologies to whoever wrote this as I haven't the foggiest who you are.

I have the flu. (( (( yippee! )) ))

Why is it a good thing? Well, it takes a heckuva great spin doctor to wring guilt and worry out of the situation ("OMG, I have only two weeks to the marathon and can't afford to miss ONE SINGLE DAY of training! Why didn't I stay away from Trish even when I knew she was sick and I have all this stuff to do? Obviously I just make bad choices all the time. I guess I'll just never be able to make my goals ... I might as buy the Twinkies and M&Ms along with the Tylenol. What difference will it make now?") Isn't it amazing that I can squeeze all of that guilt and anxiety out of one day of the flu!?!??! Geeeeez, that's an INCREDIBLE talent!!! I obviously have superhuman powers of reason and persuasion.

So if I can do all that, I MUST be able to manage something moronically simple, like telling myself what a good granddaughter my Gram would find me if I took care of myself just as she taught me to -- with lots of sleep and broth and Tylenol and warm 7Up and a raggedy stuffed bunny to cuddle.

Pollyanna Crone ...
 

Is up and ready to take on her beautiful new day. Calories yesterday were on the high side, BUT THAT'S GOOD, because Pollyanna's lust for food is now quieted and she should be able to really kick **** on this weight loss program today. She is determined to remove 30 pounds from her knees, however long it takes.

VENUS ENVY, YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION! I love the way you worked your way from a yukky negative case of the flu and worry over missing a day of training to an understanding of the need for balance and rest ... all athletes tend to undervalue the need for rest but IMO it's part of the training, so while you are cuddling the bunny, you ARE training because YOU ARE AN ATHLETE AND A WINNER ... and a cool racewalker. That is an interesting sport. I love to walk ... when my knees hurt, I hobble. But racewalking is amazing ... it burns more energy than running and racewalkers can reach speeds exceeding running. I'd really like to try it sometime, but haven't as yet. Think I'd need a club or something. Rock on, VE!

What I intend to keep in mind today: "Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

P.S.: I'm trying not to be obsessive and go back to my previous post and edit in the end-color code.

:devil: :s: :lol:

Blew it yesterday...I think
 

Well I gotta admit I think I might have blown my streak yesterday but then again....I may not have...I dont dare to figure it out so I will just move on to today as its a NEW day and a NEW start right???

Venus....you will feel better soon I HOPE....I have faith in you that you will do your best at the next marathon...all we can do is give it our best and that is what counts!!! Get well soon!!! and maybe this is your bodies way of telling you you need a good break for your body to rest!!!

Crone....I am now wondering how long it will be before you go back and edit your post where the color code didnt work on your last paragraph!!!....I love seeing you SOOOO PUMPED.....sure gald we got ourselves back on track.....I knew with a little support from my old weight loss buddies I could get back into the swing of things.....

I may not make it in to post much for the next week or so.....we start moving Tuesday......and even though it looks like I have packed a lot of things....It still seems to be creaping up behind me and more boxes keep adding up....YUCK....

But...here is my positive thought....with every day we have a chancefor a fresh new start.....and mine is today!!!

Take care all...LisaL

It's positively pouring!
 

More rain for us, but that's a good thing...the lawn is so green...the flowers are being watered...and no ball game today! Son's coach had scheduled a makeup baseball game for this afternoon, throwing a monkey wrench into my carefully orchestrated schedule! :lol: ;)

Third consecutive day of following my program to the T! Food/exercise/water have been great... I don't know if it's the food itself, lots of fruits and veggies, or just the good feelings of staying on track, but I feel great!! I love coming here to post what I have done right, too!

Have a great Saturday, all!

Postive Pollyanna Crone's Report
 

It is thus: Yesterday, I EXCEEDED my own expectations and cut 100 calories from even my lowest calorie goal (but it was all healthy except for the ONE dulce de leche ... my hand wanted to reach into the dairy case for three bottles of the stuff but only one emerged and I enjoyed it and didn't go back for more) ... finished a light weight workout ... had 18 items on my to-do list and DID THEM ALL!!! TODAY WILL BE JUST AS GREAT!

Katrinabgood: Congratulations on A THREE DAY STREAK ON PROGRAM!!! IMO, each day on program helps strengthen our understanding that we can DO THIS FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES! Congratulations on your rain, too. Need I say that it isn't raining in Arizona, at least not where I am (but that's ok, too, it'll rain sometime). Enjoy your revised schedule! :cool:

Mom: Congratulations on BEING BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS! I think you are wise to BELIEVE you have not blown your streak and move on because "today is a new day with no mistakes in it, yet! (Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maude Montgomery?)" I like that quote so felt I had to insert it again! :dizzy: (BTW, I plan never to go back and edit that post ... I'm MOVING ON!) :cool:

I realize it's back 'net ettiquette to SHOUT, but I'm having fun with it, so I absolutely KNOW everyone will forgive me. :devil:

Advice from one of my favorite guys: "Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities — always see them, for they're always there." ~ Norman Vincent Peale