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My sister’s birthday is 25th December. Overcompensation was the rule. We opened Christmas presents first and then at 11:40 am Jinty opened her huge stash of birthday presents. Three line whip to all relatives and friends to buy her one. We had Christmas lunch, then birthday tea at 6pm, with birthday cake and balloons. She also got presents in May on my birthday “because otherwise she’d have to wait a whole year for her next treat”. Amazing she never grew up a spoiled brat.3
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Over my 74 years on this earth, there have been many holidays that were far from perfect. There was the year the moving van company burned all our possessions, the year hubby was going to be sent to a war zone, family deaths and illnesses, foul weather, loneliness.... Those were the holiday that required special effort. More decorations, volunteering, special meals, fancy cookies, more cards and phone calls, reaching out to others. Those holidays become the most memorable because they required EFFORT.
Today we’re going to an actual movie theater after two long years. I don’t care about the movie as much as going back to a favorite activity I’ve missed.
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Whatcha making room for PAV??????
I want to live with you, Connie. Sounds like a magical house of love and fun (and all the crazy and day-to-day chaos and trauma that goes with a family).2 -
Gimpy, your new steed doesn’t require that much space, surely? Mine takes up less space than the yoga mat it sits on to protect the carpet from all the drips of sweat 😓 😓
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conniewilkins56 wrote: »PAV don’t feel bad….our family seems to celebrate everything….dogs birthday is in Jan. and we will have a party for her, too!
Yup, we celebrate the dog's birthday with pup cakes and doggy beer for him, and chocolate cake and human beer for us. I love any excuse to celebrate!
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Happy tree trimming! I finally found a tree that doesn’t eat all the floor space.
How did you manage to find such a svelte tree? Mine takes up half the living room! We ordered it from our local young farmers group and it was supposed to be 5’ tall...not 7’ tall and 7’ wide! When they delivered it I didn’t have the heart to say it was too big! Our guests will have to sit in the garden! 🤣🤣🤣
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Between the Dr poo-pooing my knees and then risking life and limb outside when it is ranging from -18 to -8 (0 to 18F approximately) today, I decided to try my luck with a spin bike.
So I'm expecting 120lbs worth of Black Friday spin bike and have no idea what sort of package I'm getting, except that the online pdf claims it needs way more space than it occupies.
I'm also trying to place it at a South facing window, and to achieve that it will block access to a closet (which I don't really use), or it will have to be even more central to the room.
I actually just moved into that bedroom so I had to move a lot of bins and to sort items to my former room and carve out some pav space.
Of course it is *expected* today.... but there exist no scans since it left Etobicoke on Nov 30 🙀🤔🤷🏻♂️ and usually items show out for delivery if that's about to happen.3 -
Bella - the svelte tree is obviously artificial. Known as a pencil tree. Real evergreen trees are prohibitively expensive here. And hard to come but as we live in basically desert area. We have scrub oaks but no pines.
Good luck with the indoor cycling to you and PAV! I’ve resorted to the gym treadmill because uneven surfaces cause all kind of joint problems for me. Luckily the gym is free for oldsters and it’s heated/air conditioned.2 -
I like those Skinny Trees….we used to put 5 trees up when our kids were growing up….we had a family room teddy bear tree decorated, a beautiful white tree with pink lights in the formal living room, a blue one in our bedroom, white in the rec room, and a small apple one in the kitchen!…I must have been insane!….we have moved many times since then….when we lived in the Florida Keys, we had a 9 foot tree that sat under a spiral staircase and the boats could see it from the canals around our house….I have a big tree with blue lights this year!…and yes, it is in the way, too big for the room, but it looks pretty!2
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I confess to having 2 of those skinny trees. The one in the living room and another in the family room. They’re each 7 feet tall and pre-lit. Easy to put up and put away too.
PAV, hope your cycle gets delivered. Lots of formerly reliable services are getting dicey. Places are so understaffed.3 -
The proposed location for the bike (between the closet and the built in under-window storage and extending along the closet)
And the reason as to why there: the view plus it is a south facing window, the only other ones being in the office/computer area and at the kitchen table areas... neither of which is appropriate for a bike take-over)
Gyms here are NOT free and they are obnoxious about their membership rules. Then again the bike is far from free.
But for me the concept of not having to GO somewhere to "exercise" has been a long standing part of my post 2014 super cunning "improve physical health to actually make it to old age" plan!
Many a times I had started exercise programs (especially with friends!) and diligently went to the pool or the gym for a few weeks... only to drop the whole things after a few sessions because this, that, or the other happened.
This time around I started with no more than walking as exercise under the theory that it gave me the least amount of excuses to not do it... which of course applies more so to south-western BC (floods permitting) than winter-time south-eastern Alberta!
Pretty sure that there is zero hope for it arriving today. The "free with purchase" matt for use under heavy exercise equipment (I wonder if there is a hint there) was out for delivery... and arrived. The bike... has had no scans that I can see since it was initially scanned in Ontario six days ago. It appears that I will have to call in and start asking questions!3 -
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So it looks like "best buy" did great at sending out an exercise matt "free, with purchase", black in color, to be used on white carpet, via FedEx. And it arrived on the promised delivery date! No worries... right?
Hmm.... well, there is the part where my brand new "heavy exercise equipment" matt is missing some heavy exercise equipment to place on it!
I guess I could use it for a siesta in which case I would qualify as the heavy equipment?
Suffice it to say that as far as *I* can tell, and as far as the poor Best Buy call centre lady could tell, Best Buy did really good at charging the credit card for one spin bike, and really good at creating TWO shipping manifests... one to fedex for the matt and one to purolator for the bike.
The part that doesn't appear to be working so far is the hand-off of a bike to purolator... so yeah... there's no bike! Not anytime soon.4 -
PAV, hope it comes soon!!!! Your earlier post had the bike section crossed out....I was hoping there was something exciting other thing you were trying to find space for!!!
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Nah, over zealous strike through. Only the part about the bike being destined to become a coat hanger was supposed to be crossed out but I kittened up the / end strike through bit and was too late to edit it when I noticed 🤷🏻♂️
Things aren't looking too good in terms of a near term arrival.
Best Buy is looking into whether they even handed anything more than paperwork to Purolator...🤔2 -
We have a recumbent bike that gets used off and on, because recumbent is easier on Boyfriend's back.
Right now it has a basket of clothes on the seat, because that's as far as I got with folding laundry last night, but that will get taken care of this morning.
I'm waiting for three presents because I would like to get them inside and wrapped before anyone sees what they are, since they are probably going to arrive in boxes that give it away. They were supposed to come yesterday. Today I'm busy all day, so that makes things just that much more fun. Whee.5 -
I seem to enjoy punishing myself.
Not only am I dealing with the normal stress and anxiety from the holidays, I decided to start looking to buy a house instead of renewing my lease come spring. So now I have a realtor and I have spoken to a couple different lenders. Need to start getting all the financial stuff in order to send to them. Need that pre approval before I can really start looking. And of course, I am also looking at other apartments in case we can't find anything because the market is so competitive especially at the price point I want.
Oh... and I applied for a new position at work on a whim. So I most likely have an interview for that next week. Not sure if I 100% want it. A lot will come down to how much they will pay for it because it will include some in state travel and more in office time instead of the 4 days of work from home I have now. So the money will have to make up for the loss of free time. Can't hurt to see though.5 -
I wish you so much luck with the house purchase - anything must be preferable to living with your hellish neighbours!
And good luck with the job interview. Personally I'd prefer spare time over money, but I know others think differently! I hope you get the outcome that makes your happiest!5 -
Hope PAV’s cycle is somewhere in the transportation pipeline. I must say I enjoyed looking at the snowy view in the photos. Just like to visit but couldn’t do it full time.
Nothing like having your own space Athijade. There are plenty of homeowners headaches but there is a degree of autonomy. Best of luck with the house and job. Things will work themselves out with patience!
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@Athijade : an impressive list of things to do and deal with! At least you won't get bored, right?!?!
Here are some gratuitous "home invasion" pictures!
I made the mistake of applying salt just in case a Purolator truck showed up... and the result was some other visitors instead!
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Mother nature...she is still out there
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Beautiful animals….how can anyone kill a deer?…and you have SNOW!….I love snow!2
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Getting ready to go to the endocrinologist. This is the followup, and I'll ask for more thyroid replacement. 50 mg is noticeable, but I'm not all the way up to where I "should" be, I can tell. I'm still not losing weight, I still itch, and I'm still tired. So I'll see if she'll boot me up to 75 or even 100 mg.4
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Made first batch of cookies yesterday. Definitely sampled the wares too much! More baking next week. Yikes!
Urban deer are a thing. We’ve lived here about 30 years. Saw armadillos, road runners, coyotes, possums occasionally. No deer. As the suburban sprawl grew the deer had fewer habitats. Now we see deer in our yards, streets regularly - eating our fancy shrubs and plants. Had fawns born on our back patio. They are lovely creatures but becoming so acclimated and dependent on people.2 -
I have Mincemeat bread in the oven right now and it smells amazing!1
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Oooh. Mincemeat bread!👅. Can you post the recipe on the recipes thread please?3
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conniewilkins56 wrote: »
LoL…I can’t find the paper I had written it on….I must have accidentally thrown it out….I just looked up mincemeat bread on the internet!….it was yummy3 -
Thanks I’ll definitely look it up online. Sound yummy!2
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I'm feeling so removed from the world of weight loss. And coming here to try to find my way back into that world - it is so funny to read about all of the delicious (non-weightloss related) foods.
It is not a weightloss time of year.
Today....
I'm going to try not to have a 2000 calorie snack (other than that almost every day - my eating has been spot on
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I might go get a hair cut because I just can't brush my hair very well with one hand and it is making me crazy trying to and/or asking for help. Maybe getting a few (I'm thinking 4) inches cut off will make it an easier task ... fingers crossed. Only two and a half more weeks in a sling but not sure how long it will be after that before I can get my right hand up high enough to be of any help with hair brushing ... but it can't be long? Maybe I should just acquiesce and wrap up 2021 in dreadlocks?
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Ok, mfpeops... let's take a deep breath all of us, myself included, 900 Cal of holiday themed maltesers turning a deficit day to a maintenance day yesterday. My original mistake being that I went shopping "for tomatoes" while hungry instead of stopping to have a snack first
Yes, food is part of the holidays but not the only part.
People are more important than the food but as with many things in life we all concentrate and spend more time on the less important instead on the more important but emotionally fraught.
Let's be a little bit cognizant when fear of missing out comes into play. It is food. If we truly want the specific item, truly, we don't have to wait and only make it for the holidays.
So, in a way we are succumbing to fear of missing out, and / or pushing part of our holiday emotions into the food and traditions.
And some of this has to happen. We're human. It's the holiday. And we're operating in the context of years of conditioning and expectation.
So, yes, maybe it's not the best time of the year for weight loss.
But STARTING from this position eliminates multiple layers of defenses.
And doing so without adding some significant restraints and balances is very dangerous, in my opinion, for any one of us, and even more so for people who are primed for regain because hormones such as ghrelin and leptin are starting from an out of whack position.
Maybe it's not one treat a day and only if it fits a 1000 Cal deficit and you change it and it becomes three treats a day and it fits at maintenance. And five treats a day and fits up to +500.
Or that every day has to be logged before eating except for one or two or three or five days you pick ahead and those can be +1000 days but no more.
Let's put it this way: I don't think intuitively eating all the goodies we want without any restraint had a good ending.
There still has to be a balance and some sort of limiting taking place even if we all acknowledge that we're likely to be over our goals by the end of the time period.
So let's talk about some tricks/delay tactics instead of a priori removing all restraints.
My end goes along:
Normal meals aiming for a -200 to -500 deficit. Exceptional days (going out or visiting) not to exceed +1000. Except for 23-26 avoid consecutive days of over if possible.
Grab some low cost/reward but ok enough for me goodies to use as lower cal treats at home (sugar free jello and jello pudding cups and fruit yogurt in my case. Chocolate cereal-Cheerios, Hershey hugs, Tim bits-instead of granola which I can gulp down in 1000 Cal increments.
Buy the expensive 165g bag of maltesers instead of the cheap 800g one that was on sale 🐹 (an even smarter 🐹 team would have gone for the 42g one, or better yet, had a soup or chili before going for tomatoes instead of walking in there with 1450 Cal eaten and 3075 cal spent to that point of time). And luckily I heard my old pal Stephanie muttering one special treat a day and stayed away from the caramel m&M's I was eyeing as a malteser chaser. And yes, weight every day even if I know why I'm up.
Yes, I agree it is the holidays. Yes I agree that we can and will resume in the new year. There is no defeat and there exists no failure as long as we continue to try and do not actually give up.
Level of restraint is adjustable. From holiday cancellation to zero inhibition.
I am pretty sure neither end will work well.
But I would argue for partial inhibition!🤷🏻♂️😘
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