Tuesday, October 14, 2014
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valmaebel
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Morning everyone!
April - Don't be too hard on yourself. This is life, and life is messy. We aren't perfect and we shouldn't try to be. I like your focus, that it was just one meal. Today is a new day!
Laura - I'm with you on Columbus Day. To be honest, I don't look at it as a celebration of Columbus himself. More about what he accomplished. Which was not an easy thing.
Did well yesterday. It was a good day. I got both my run and swim in, then spent some time with my family. Was tempted to get a shake, but I didn't.
Today I have another run, and the I do some lifting...focusing on the lower half. Hello squats and lunges! I have staff meeting today, and we usually eat out afterwards. So hoping to still make some good choices there. No piano lessons for my oldest which actually frees up my evening and will make it easier to actually cook tonight. Hopefully that will remove the temptation to go out to eat instead.
Goals:
Watch my portions and make at least a somewhat healthy choice for lunch today.
cook for dinner!
not to skip my strength training. I neglected that too much this year!0 -
Oh, and I forgot to mention that I'm under 200 again! My wacked out scale keeps saying I'm 205 but when they weighted me at the doctors office (after I'd eaten breakfast, fully clothed) I was 195. So gotta figure out how to fix my scale!0
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Congrats on breaking back into the 100s Valma! That's such a huge milestone. Had to especially be nice since it was a surprise when you got on the doctor's scale!
I did see a meme yesterday that made me smile about how Columbus sailed the ocean in a sailboat so what's your excuse again for not making it to the gym?
Hopefully I'm walking with a friend at lunch, although she's got a project looming at work and she's not sure when she's going to get hit with it, so she may or may not be able to get away. I just had to run an errand for my boss dropping something off several blocks away, so I did get a nice little walk in on company time. We have Pilates after work tonight, then a group of us are staying to order in dinner & carve pumpkins. I only got a few hours of sleep last night so I wish I was feeling more awake.0 -
Laura, re: the toy purging...unfort the kids are ALWAYS here (when I'm here). That's why my house is ALWAYS a wreck. I keep telling myself, "Just one more year" (til lil girl starts kindergarten), but it's gotten out of hand and something has to be done. This is also why I treasure my afternoons for a run or the gym and not having those lately has about driven me to the brink.
Congrats val!!!! What a happy surprise!!!
Today DH had work, so I had lil girl at school pickup and tutor dropoff. Took her to the park, where I did my ankle exercises. I'm really feeling how they can help me, now that I'm more healed (before healing, they felt like they'd kill me). So, I got some steps with all the kid-toting and I also did some bodyweight squats at home this morning. Not much today, but still stuffy & coughing and working on house stuff (massive closet-cleaning & kid clothes sorting).
I had a recent NSV of sorts, kind of strange one. All of this weight & body stuff is greatly psychological for me. So like I might see some one larger than me (more fat than I) in a bathing suit and think she looks fine, but think that I look awful. I believe that I can't possibly find clothes anywhere in this country to fit me, so I have all of these old ratty clothes from when I moved from USA that are falling apart. These types of psychological things. So, I also worry constantly that I'll sit in a chair and it'll break, etc. I've made some major progress wrt how I view the number on the scale, but I still know that even if you can look good at a higher weight (more muscle), the actual weight is still there and I worry about breaking stuff. Anyway, basically........ I swung on the swings with my daughter this past week. That's huge for me, because I used to see other Moms up in the castle or on the swings, etc and as much as I wanted to, I felt like I'd break something. I finally realized that I won't (probably not anyway). Again, it's totally psychological, but overcoming it just a little bit feels like a huge victory for me in the game of life.
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Thank you all, for being so nice to me about my binge. And you’re right, Laura, they are definitely fewer and farther between.
VALMA HOLY MOLY YOU ARE IN ONEDERLAND! Welcome! We’re so glad you’re here! It’s AWESOME to get out of the 200 club.
Laura, hopefully you can get some good sleep tonight. Sorry to hear about last night.
Sherry, congrats on your NSV! That’s terrific! And what a great way to be active with your daughter. I know what you mean when you have fears about breaking things or being too big/heavy. Sometimes I feel that way too. In photos, I scan them for the biggest person and figure that it’s me before I even look at the faces.
On my last flight, I asked the flight attendant for a seatbelt extender, and she looked at me and said, “Oh, honey, you don’t need it,” in the kindest, most gentle way. l told her it was for the carseat and we both laughed.
Yesterday I ate within my goal, including having a healthy treat at work. I went for a short walk yesterday and got a mile in today at lunch with a work pal. Have a healthy dinner in the crock for tonight. Last night I passed out on the chair at 9:15 so I got in loads of sleep (albeit waking up many times with hacking cough) and felt decent this morning.
On Friday my family is taking a quick weekend trip to go to the memorial of our friend. I picked up Quest bars yesterday to have on hand and planning to bring healthy treats (hard boiled eggs, carrots) on the plane. I love honeycrisp apples and they just came into season. Any suggestions for a healthy, sad trip?
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Hi, survived my long day yesterday and even got up and went to Nia this morning. Heading out soon for errands next town over. 0
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