hi ladies

yea it took me a while and found my way with a little help from a amarantha.

Life is ok. Im very tired though..that is alway difficult. I really have not reason to be tired.

So working on this new diet ....its called a pound a week. My brother came up with it. He is trying to get me and my mom to lose a pd a week. Every week we have to weigh in however i weigh everyday and at the end of the week i have to report to him. He is just the cutest brother! Anyways so this is kind of getting me back on track eating healthier...however 2 slices of pizza probably did not help. :jeno: However it is the best pizza in the world..so well worth it:bravo: I will just have to work it off tonight....:dance:

I feel spring coming and i have hope! Its going to be in the 50s sometime this week!!:cb:
talk to u later

Hope I spelled it right, Punkin!

What a great family idea, Scoobs - nice bro.

Tuesday evening
 

Hello all!

Dollar-- SO GLAD TO SEE YOU!! I am so amazed at how far you've come !! And you are getting close!! Pretty soon you're going to have to run around in the shower to get wet!!

Scooby- glad you've found your way!
And the plan sounds great ! Maybe you can share tips w/ mom too!

So, I enjoyed our 5 minute tonight! At first, I thought I'd leave the tv on but realized that was just plain silly.
It seemed longer than 5 minutes didn't it??


Take care all!

Yo!
 

Well, Amarantha be back from a very negative trip BUT the positive side of it is that I did not have a binge on the drive home!!! So that is good!!! Ended eating day at 1870!

Scooby: Thou hast arrived!!! :wave: What a nice brother thou hast! I once was on a pound a week challenge ... you may remember my theme song for that: "I will lose a pound this week! I will lose it as I speak! I will lose it as I sleep! I will lose a pound this week!

Punkin: Actually, thy trip soundeth fun to Amarantha, if I didn't have to work! Don't forget to go to Dateland and have a date shake in Yuma! Thanks for sharing thy experiences with Curves. Your advice is good and I intend to follow it! I do think they ought to have more training for the staff ... with the number of people that go in and out of there, it stands to reason someone is going to get hurt eventually.

Arabella: Amarantha felt thy focus of energy at 5:30 ... thoughts of health and fitness and weight management literally floated through the Arizona high desert to reach me as I drove! And Kaylets, I "saw" thee turn off thy tv and think of health and fitness while drinking tea ... and felt the good vibrations of all of thee who were meditating en masse. That was a good idea, Wood Nymph :queen:

Anagram: I thankfully have never had that compulsion to take care of anyone at all (except Old Dog, Silly Cat and assorted budgies), but I hope you remember to take care of you, too! :)

To all, named and unnamed, avanti and au revoir. I am braindead!

Ah, Wood Nymph and all, I benefitted from the meditation period. Was thinking of each individually and it took me longer than five minutes (I wasn't on clock).

A date shake sounds great and worth flying to Yuma for. Sorry you had a negative trip, Empress. but congrats on the low caloric intake. I didn't take care of myself - that has been a relatively new experience and I'm not sure I have the hang of it yet.

Yesterday I noted a second Curves relatively close to me. A friend told me over the weekend she is doing the Curves thing and enjoying it. Am mulling possibility of at least a tryout.

I am almost never up and on before Kaylets. Feel like I should have a quote for her. But the best I can do is "Good Morning, All"!

Wacky Wednesday
 

hello all!!

Anagram! how are you this am? We expect warm temperatures and have misty fog because the air temp is warmer than the ground!

Always something!

I've been up but was distracted by an email from a friend and probably bored her to tears w/ my long reply.

So, here I am!!

Here we go Wednesday, here we go!!

Frankly, I am starting to think Curves sounds like a gimmick. Of course, I have never been there and have no business saying this but .......Phony science burns me up. :s:

Have a quandry all-- Remember last weeks issues on the job??
I am seeing that I am gaining more confindence on a number of levels and do see that its a real help in not being "overwhelmed"

A friend from previous job told me about an opening in her unit b/4 all this began and I sent her an old resume about 2 weeks ago. I 've yet to send an updated resume. The job is a little over an hour away , starting at 9, ending at 5:30, except when overtime would require staying later. The bulk of it would be dealing w/ same software as previous job ( which is why she wants me) and similiar job function. Evidently, she passed my resume to HR as I had a voice mail yesterday requesting I call back to do a "phone interview". BUT -- everyday I see gas prices getting higher-- and cannot imagine that this position would pay that much more to offset--

But don't want to shut the door----

Any thoughts??????????????????//


Today's thought is:

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone"--Bill Cosby


Take care all!


PS- Anyone up for Thursday meditation too???

Good Morning, Chickies!
 

I enjoyed the meditation last night, too. Such an interesting exercise, focusing on sending energy to people I know online. It felt great. In a Reike course I took, the leader emphasized that it is very beneficial to us to send energy towards others, because we don't use our own energy but merely channel the energy of the universe, so we have that flowing through us. Oh, she also said that we should only practice on the willing, so if anyone doesn't want to be a focus, just let me know and I'll leave them out of my meditation. It's really like prayer as much as anything.

Definitely plan to do it again on Thurs. :) :goodvibes:

Kaylets, I would send an updated resume. There's nothing to lose in getting more information. And you could ask about the travel -- maybe they WOULD offset the cost. Can't hurt to find out!

Anagram, you're right -- most situations would work themselves out even if I stay out of them. I have a lot of difficulty staying out of stuff sometimes, esp. where it concerns my son. I definitely have control issues, as in I feel the need to control things that I shouldn't. Work to be done there, for sure! I remember seeing a book with the title "I Don't Have to Make Everything All Right" or something to that effect and it was a bit of a revelation. The serenity prayer is helpful!

Amarantha, glad you received the vibes well! Mmmmm.... that date shake sounds fantastic! I've got to look for a recipe.

Well, I have been on here long enough and I really should get some work done. Let's make this a good one, Girlfriends!

Creamy Date Shake!
 

Good morning everyone!

I wasn't able to do our meditation because at 4:30 I was driving - I did look at the clock and think of you all though! :yes:

Amarantha - The date shake sounds yummy... I'll have to keep my eyes open for Dateland!

Kaylets - I'd definately keep your options open for the job. Gas prices aren't going to be like this forever (I don't think anyway, they always go back down, even after '91).

Curves... yes, it's gimmicky in the way that it's a new/different way to work out. My biggest beef with them, at least in my center, is that they have the place staffed by 50-70-something year old housewives that think they can offer exercise advice because they watched a video tape. That's just wrong. Not the age part, no, not at ALL, except they come from a generation where you bounced when you stretched, and God help you if you broke a sweat - you're working too hard! In my center, their attitude about exercise comes from an outdated point of view and it's a little annoying, but I ignore them. The fact that most of these women haven't exercised in forEVER, then start working at Curves and think it gives them license to give advice is just plain scarey...
All in all, I miss Jazzercise like mad - if they were local, I'd be outta Curves before you could say "change stations now".

It's supposed to rain the rest of the week, guess I'm not gonna get my car washed for my trip... oh well, it's just gonna get dirty and buggy anyway! 3 days 'till liftoff!

Toodles,
Terri

What prolific posters; I still haven't read them all!

I really feel good about last night's meditation. A few months back there was an article I read in 'Health' magazine, I think, about a woman's experience of using her morning walk as her time to send out prayers for her friends and family. I was very touched by it at the time, and wanted to start the practice but it got lost in the shuffle--but after last night I think I might give it a try. What a great way to start the day! [thanks agin, Arabella!]

Still having some difficulty getting back on track as far as eating. Starting tomorrow I'm going to keep my food journal here again. I've been doing way too much "tasting" at work---maybe I should spit it out like wine tasters do. Hey, I've done it before!:D

oh geez :dizzy: I wrote most of a great long reply yesterday, then forgot about it and ended up erasing it....so, in short.

Eydie - I bellydance too! Love it!

Punkin - Score! on the outfit :) Is your trip all work, or do you get to play a little too?

Scooby - what a great plan, and what a great family!!!!

Hello WSW, Hottie, Dollar and everyone else!!

So, I didn't do too bad yesterday, however didn't achieve any rewards either. Will be trying double hard today. So far been busy w/ house work and such.

Kaylets - I totally agree that it never hurts to ask.... if they really want you there they probably will work w/ you to make it worth your drive. :) Good though that you are becoming more comfortable at your curent position. Did you ever get to talk w/ "the boss"?

I'm so sorry ladies that I missed the meditation. I don't remember what I was doing... but I was probably in the car driving... not paying attention to the time. Thursday for Sure!!!!

Re: Curves - I've been wanting to check it out for awhile now, if I do, I'll take it w/ a HUGE grain of salt. Thanks for all of the insights.

:?: Date shakes... I don't know.:lol:

Ok, here's to a good day!!

-W-

hi all!

i have not been too stellar when it comes to my food. i thought i was back on track, but the end of yesterday and today were definitely not my finest moments. oh well. i have still kept up with exercising and that's something--actually very good for me. tomorrow is a clean slate and i plan to go back to writing down my food, which seems to help me. i hope everyone has a good evening! take care, all.

wsw

Hi Girls.

I'm hanging on by a frog's hair. The latest in the teenage daughter saga involved her leaving a nasty note that said she was leaving home, not being able to find her, missing person report with the police, no sleep, found her the next day and convinced her to go home and tonight she's gone to stay with my cousin for the rest of the week (March break here) because she hates us, I'm a *****, I've ruined her life, and we are completely unfair. :rolleyes:

But for tonight and hopefully the next few nights until she comes home, it is peaceful here. I'm going to enjoy it, just wanted to let you all know I haven't jumped ship, just been otherwise occupied.

Wacky Wednesday!(evening)
 

Hello all!

Well, not one person has told me NOT to pursue the other job.
Everyone says turn it down after an offer, if the offer isnt good enough. And I guess if ALL of you are saying the same t hing.....how can I resist..... besides which, if I don't persue it this route, if I decide I can't stay at current job, I might not care how long the drive is.

MissW-- Boss called out Fri and Mon, and was knee deep yesterday and today. But I plan on emailing him in the am asking to be put at the beginning of the list.

About 2:30 the nice, even day became WILD but I managed to keep up w/ it even though it was nip and tuck right up to 4:57.

Big shots coming thru the job tomorrow, so I went and found a pair of black dress pants to replace the flapping ones I've been wearing. Amazing how different the mirror looks when you wear the right size!

I'm calling it a night. DH's job is now very tenuous- he works in a steel mill and they use natural gas to melt the steel. Price of gas has quadrupled but the price of the steel doenst reflect the increase. Also, the truck companies won't come and pick up the steel because they want more to compensate what they have to pay for transportation fuel. The plan now is to shut the mill down for at least a week--

and it looks as though I might have a "phone interview" in my car tomorrow as I don't have a private office. I am hoping, they can all me back after I get home but at least, I will try and call them tomorrow per the voice mail they left me.

Anyone belong to BJ's?? They have a "magazine". This month there are articles about health ( coupons for candy bars but what are you going to do) -- One of the articles talks about how stress is fear of the future. That those who live in the moment are less stressed. Hmmmmm.......

Good night all.

Take care--

PS
 

Wildfire, we posted at the same time.

I am so glad you found her. I can only imagine what you were thinking.

You are being tested ---tested and pushed-- > Yes, I agree, enjoy knowing she's safe and sound these few days. Because I'm afraid you are going to have make a decision come the weekend.

This isnt easy. My thoughts are with you. I'm sure everyone here feels the same way.

Treat yourself really well tonight!