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Sunday morning:
My father is coming over to do some errands he can't do in his home town today. I've gotta run out and work on cleaning the car after this post because he always gets...kinda judgmental if I let it get too dirty. Sigh. Boyfriend is prooooobably too sick to join us, unfortunately; I was kind of hoping we could break the news today...oh well.
Last night I ran the 5K distance on the treadmill in 30 minutes exactly. I'll probably be able to do even better when it's the real thing, on a real outdoor course, and I don't have the anxiety of "I'm going to be injured if I don't keep up with the belt". So, apparently, goal met a week ahead of time!
Other than that, not a lot going on. Hope everyone is having a good day!1 -
Sara - thank you so much! You were my very first order...I got 2 yesterday! I really appreciate the order!
Hope your toe isn't too sore for pedi... injured toes can really be a pain (literally and figuratively..hehe)
Hope your weekend is going great!
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Mango - is it likely that boyfriend will always be too sick to join you? Just asking from my experience.
Consider telling your father on your own. It seems you know he will not be pleased.
If you talk to him--just the two of you, you will both have a chance to speak freely. Something to consider.
I've been married twice, and both lasted a long, long time, but did not end well. Do you HAVE to get married? It is really, really hard, messy, and expensive to get divorced.
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Sara - I hope you got or will get more rest today. How is your weather out there? Better or still hot?
Lana1 -
Good morning. I'm a past WWer too. I just found the group. Mind if I join the party?2
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Lana - couple small naps together then Vet office rang- going now to pick up dog. No big surprises and not a large bill- will also buy her some hypo allergic treats - see if she will eat them.
Weather is true Fall temps which is very appreciated.
Then its kitchen cooking time.....
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baileysmama29- Welcome! Feel free to post here any time... everyone here is incredibly supportive and encouraging...1
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Lana - Boyfriend has good and bad days with his illness. He usually isn't too sick to join us - just, last night he ended up having an insomnia attack and as a result, when he tried to wake up this morning, his stomach just went "nope, eff you, we're not doing this." That...happens sometimes. He's doing better now that he took a nap and slept it off, but sadly, my father has already gone home.
My father isn't going to disapprove, is the thing...I just want to be able to present things so he's more pleased than neutral. That's why I was aiming for Thanksgiving - I want to be able to show off how much better the apartment looks since the ex-roommate moved out and the boyfriend moved in; I want to show him how nicely we've worked out our arrangements and how good we've gotten at handling big things (like, say, planning a family holiday dinner)...I just generally want to show him that there's something to look forward to here. He likes my boyfriend well enough...I just want this to be a positive thing for the whole family.
We definitely do want to go through with getting married though - considering nearly half the country still wants to deny us the right, there's a small aspect of spite to it, but it's also because...well, due to that whole debate we are intimately familiar with the benefits that are at stake and they're pretty important to us (especially things like hospital visitation - with his illness? The idea of not being legally family if he has another flare like the one he had shortly before we met is terrifying to both of us). Plus...we're not naive enough to completely count out the possibility of divorce (I'm pretty sure that if we were, it would shoot the probability up to 99%), but we have sat down and taken a good hard look at things like common causes of divorce and we have exactly 0 of the warning signs. The closest thing we have is that there's a high divorce rate for people with illnesses like his...but it's because the healthier partner usually goes into it thinking, on some level, that they'll be able to magically cure it with the power of love because that's what Hollywood says happens. We've...had basically the opposite experience; I went into this nervous because I knew he might only get worse, I might not be able to take care of him on my own, I might have to find a way to pull enough money out of my butt to pay for in-home care services and I would have hated myself if that ruined not just our relationship but our friendship - instead, we've built up his strength to where he can function fairly normally a lot of the time, he's stopped needing several of his medications, we've discovered that causal link between stress and flares and are learning ways to work around it, and all kinds of other improvements that seem to be doable. We don't know when we'll hit the limit of how much better things can be, or if another bad flare will happen and we'll have to go back to square one, but...we're both aware of and ready (or at least, as ready as one can be) for that.
...tl;dr: we've thought it over...a lot. We definitely want to do this.3 -
sweet potatoes and enchiladas in oven (pulled large flour tortillas out of freezer by mistake so tore in half and made 6 little ones) pot of rice on stove -- 3 meals this week
Dog got new allergy meds and an allergy shot which should last 4-6 weeks - all these new names of meds...... she is doing well. Oil to put on her dog food. I bought new treats as well.
Will stop by before lights out again.1 -
MONDAY
Good morning,
Weigh in - up .4 not terribly surprised, had more chocolate than normal last week. Will make sure to walk more this week.
Dog up and fed, hid her new pill in one of her treats. They were inhaled quickly. Such victories us pet owners have!! She is doing much better and that is a relief.
Watching on Acorn TV online a season - 6 episodes of a show called "theatreland" - Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen's production of "Waiting for Godot" in London and you learn how theaters work back stage - thinking of Lana as I watch. It is well done and may be too close for comfort for Lana .....
Oatmeal on stove. Dinner in casserole dish waiting to be heated. Having meals waiting is such a luxury.
I purchased 2 books - a crock pot cook book from Cooking Light and a book based on the FB page "atlas of beauty" so I am looking forward to both.
Chatty me - wave to all who follow. Make it your best Monday
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Good morning everybody!
Here I sit with the coffee and you guys.....It's a big day "work" wise for me: following up on having a huge tree removed from the property here in NC.
Sara - I'll have to look into the program you are talking about. I don't have television down here. The "Waiting for Godot" you speak of was at the Cort Theater several seasons ago. ...If they are talking about the New York production. If it is the one from Britain, their professional theater works quite differently than ours. Now I am really curious. I worked with Patrick Stewart when he did David Mamet's "A Life in the Theatre" with T. R. Knight a while ago. Very nice man in person.
Mango - So glad to read what you posted. In your case, then Yes! Congratulations on getting married. I hope that all goes very well for you with family, holidays, and planning and having the wedding. Big, big hugs!!
Hello to Dawn!
Welcome to Baileysmama - Everyone is welcome here!
Waves to all who stop by later on~~
Lana
244.4 today
250.0 highest
185.0 goal1 -
Morning everyone.
Well, today is...a very off day. I'm not going to school today because I'm so tense that I'm dizzy and nauseous and feeling my hair on the back of my neck hurts.
Fun fact: we're planning the wedding in Vegas.
Fun fact #2: we were planning on touring the likely venue this weekend, but communication was slow and my father came over so we had to reschedule.
...yeah. We may have narrowly avoided disaster just by "bad" luck.
This on top of the fact that I was already feeling discouraged after having gotten dressed up last night...I always think I don't really have that much left to lose, until I put on the corset I have and I find myself spilling over the top no matter how loosely I lace it, and I always have mixed feelings about that - because on the one hand, it makes me realize that my frame is much smaller than I'd always been led to believe and there is a good possibility I'll one day be able to fit into most of the clothes I want, but...on the other hand, god, I have so far left to go. Sometimes I feel like nothing has really changed since I was at my highest weight.
My challenge for today is going to be trying to channel this stress into something productive instead of just eating everything in the house.1 -
Waves to all & Hope everyone had a great weekend
Welcome Baileysmama
I'm dragging so much today, not a lot of sleep last night, not sure why. I just tossed and turned all night. My 5:15am alarm went of for the gym and I just could not get myself out of bed. Then I proceeded to lay in bed wide awake for about 2 more hours. I just should went to the gym.
I will be walking today after work, so at the very least I will be getting some activity today. I was ver inactive this weekend, I had some continuing education courses I had to take Saturday ( 6 hours), dinner for my parents 44th anniversary Saturday night. Sunday was errands, meal prep and dealing with my daughters hair ( unbraiding, washing, rebraiding)
Mango, thankfully avoided that horrific incident.
My brother and his partner are getting married in California around Christmas, so I have goals
I'm not going to put ans extreme amount of pressure around the scale. But I'd be happy with losing 2 dress sizes by December 22 ( 12 weeks) .
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TUESDAY
Good morning.
Spent most of day doing insurance claims for one patient who passed away and was too young, so I was not paying attention to the news. Lady who walked with me at break told me about the violence in Las Vegas. I will focus on the healing send good thoughts to those connected and wonder why that had to be that man's answer to his problems.
Dog is doing well and that is encouraging.
Not ignoring yesterdays posts, just need to get day going. Wave to all who follow.1 -
Happy even though I did not win my diet bet, it was set to have me lose 9 lbs in a month. I didn't lose that but I did lose 6.9 lbs in a month. And Im happy....I only joined the diet, to support my cousin.
Sara- Im glad your dog is doing well and responding well to meds .
Hope everyone else is doing well.
Going to the library with my daughter this evening, I need to find a new book to read. I finished my book last night.2 -
Sara - not sure if you got an email... but, I got one saying yer order has been shipped 1
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Dani - Awesome! Sounds like you won to me
Lana - waves! Hope you got tree situation taken care of0 -
Good evening
Dawn - by the time I get home I dont look at emails..... so I have/had no idea. Thank you for the update and look forward to them.
oatmeal for dinner, just dont really care about what I eat - so long as I do.
Tomorrow is day off hair/nails.
Wishing all a good night.1 -
Knew my shoes were not going to make another year, so just bought 2 pairs of clark's online that I can wear to work. I will ask about the 2nd pair but I cant imagine a problem..... comfort is key and cheap shoes are usually not worth it.
Now to find slacks as I also know they will not last the year......
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Sara - I understand... you are welcome... hope your goodies come soon... have a great night....0
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WEDNESDAY
Good morning,
Day off. Dog up earlier than normal (so was I). Found out my clock needed a new battery so better to find out today....
Hair and nails. More color today so taking knitting. Will be interested to see what pedicure lady thinks of the toe nail that I jammed last week.
Lunch is not planned so that may become oatmeal... ???
Trying for some more sleep.
Wave to all who follow.1 -
Good morning all. I totally missed getting here yesterday. Jeez. Busy.
More tree arrangements to make today, plus clear up the yard. Tree is scheduled to come down next Tuesday and Wednesday, the 10th and 11th!
Food-wise, I need to figure out how to get out of cycle of two good days and then over-eating on the third day. Over and over again. It seems my gut knows and does not like having a calorie deficit, so on the third day it gets "needy" and hungrier than usual. Then it tells my brain to tell me to eat more. Curses. Yes, I will be trying to figure this out, change up foods, etc. Living alone doesn't help - no one to help me stay strong when I make Bready Choices.
Everyone have a good day!
Lana
243.8 today
250.0 highest
185.0 goal1 -
Where is Annie and Tess and Saltine and Samuels? Kathryn?
I get sad when people are here with us for a while and then don't stop by any more. Lives get busy, I know.
*tossing hat and bag onto favorite lounge chair for later.*
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Sara - Have a good day off. I hope that pedicure is comfortable. What polish color choice today?1 -
Lana - tells us about your bready choices maybe we can suggest better ideas.....
Shoes I like are rubbing what is a small bunion so they are banished. Will get bunion pads to protect toe. Ordered shoes online - hoping they are wider in the toe section than the pair that are banished. Really just need to find a good shoe store. I have a couple pair that work until new shoes arrive - 80's for rest of week.
Will take dog on walk when it gets lighter, we didnt get our "full" walk. She is lucky I have the day off.... until she finds she has to share the recliner.1 -
Good morning.
Yesterday sure was...A Day. Had delayed onset stress sickness even though emotionally I felt better...otherwise, mentally, I was gone. I ate way more than I planned to...because I kept losing track of what day it was. I kept thinking "I haven't eaten much today. I should go grab something." - even after I'd already eaten a ton...because I kept thinking that everything I'd eaten earlier, I actually ate the day before. It was kind of a shock when I actually stopped to look at my log.
But I made up for it by losing track of time at the gym just as badly. Decided to go take one of the classes I can get for free with my membership and the next thing I knew I'd spent nearly 3 hours there, with nearly no breaks in the action.
Today I have a math test and I am exhausted so I'm a bit nervous about it. Wish me luck.1 -
uuggghhhhh
I'm so tired today, and I still have 3.5 hours to go at work. Im so ready to be done with place ( today and forever) its so toxic. I never knew what a hostile work environment was until I worked her. I've never been the type of person that has any type of anxiety, I'm extremely go with the flow type of person. Hopefully I will be done with place in a few weeks.
Im my 3rd week in to CX Worx class ( core workout with resistance bands) at the gym. I can really tell the difference in my body. I love it, I will definitely keep this in my workout regime.
Mango - I hope your test went well
Sara - That's a bummer about your shoes, nothing worse that uncomfortable shoes
While I drop my kid of at the tutor, I will walk . I can usual get in about 2 miles. Im kinda bummed because soon it will be dark when I get her to the tutors. There are no street lights in her neighborhood.
I hope everyone has a great day.1 -
Waves!
Sorry I've been kinda absent... been a bit down on myself... doing this new business is really making me even more insecure...I'm so close to my goal for a successful party, I'm just not pushy enough...I'm understanding when people have no money this week/ month... that's me, every single month... I'm not going to let it stress me... it's no different than what I expected...planning to visit Sis, soon... even though she's ordered, she wants to try new scent, maybe some friends of hers would like to try something fun...
On a good note...I was surprised when I opened paycheck and saw I had got a raise! Woo hoo! I wasn't expecting it till next month... so, that was a nice surprise... it will help a bit... still don't get 40hrs... but, we are only open till noon on Saturdays... so, no one gets 40... but, I will take the raise and be happy with it...I must be doing something right...
I better get back to work...
Sara - hope pedi goes / went well...
Lana - I have a terrible time with food choices... good luck with tree...
Mango - good luck with test... way to go with workout...
Waves to everyone else that stops by...
Have a great day...1 -
Good evening,
Dawn!! Raises are always wonderful and a sign you are doing well.
Pedicure went well - took the pink/purple color. Was not told I needed to see a doctor with the toenail I jammed last week.
Had 15 calories after all my tracking and should have treasured them. Stuck hand in granola bag and found red ## calories.
Back to work - I hope I missed the lady trying to teach my cube neighbor for yet another day how to do this report on the computer - her voice gets on my nerves anyway, but she has decided to go "organic" and the aroma is telling.
Wishing all a good night.1 -
Sara- thank you so much! It definitely made for a better day!0
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