Thoughts, Epiphanies, Insights, & Quotables
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Thinking of Laurie today as she has her second surgery. Hope all goes well 🙏2
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Thank you 🙂
I'm here behind the curtains waiting for them to roll me away... I have a feeling that this is going to be a breeze. 🤞🏻
See you all on the flip side.
I'm feeling very inspired. From here on in the path leads to good health.5 -
Hopefully you will be all chipper when you see this... as I am writing it about 5 hours later than your post! Good recovery vibes have been dispatched!1
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Still on the green side
Not quite as chipper as after the first - but not bad - and I feel those positive and healing vibes
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lauriekallis wrote: »Still on the green side
Not quite as chipper as after the first - but not bad - and I feel those positive and healing vibes
Hope the recovery is going well and you’re feeling better today. 🕯0 -
It is! I've had a wonderful day Christmas and Birthday all rolled into one! Literally! Received two parcels in the mail today - late Christmas presents from the Newfoundland crew
and a little tote bag I forgot there when I was visiting. And a text from my local son with a photo of a parcel all stamped and tagged - my birthday present which he ordered from somewhere far away and it just arrived at his place. Too funny that both would show up on the same day.
And I've been out and about all day - doing all fun things - and my knee was feeling absolutely fantastic. Enough so that I was thinking maybe it will be fine - that I don't need that MRI/Surgery stuff. Then it occurred to me. It is the pain killers I'm taking so the boob doesn't hurt with all this bouncing around (walking). lol. You know what - same drug also stops the pain from me knee What an epiphany though. How much pain drags you down and how accustomed you get to it so you don't even realize that you are living under its cloud. 2 -
How are your damaged nether regions doing Yooly???1
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Laurie - glad to hear you’re doing well. Pain killers are great for masking pain all over. Which is also why some folks never leave them unfortunately! Too bad we can’t get targeted medication for specific areas. But we plod along learning to manage.
The nether regions are healing quite nicely. I can’t imagine what damage I would have done at 100 pounds heavier and less fit. I’d probably be in a body cast now. 😂1 -
Boobs and nethers and Christmas gifts all in two posts! I knew there was a reason to hang around MFP!😝2
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This is a pretty great place to be 2
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Glad you are healing nicely, Yooly. An extra 100 pounds certainly results in a bigger impact
soon, if we keep working at it, we will learn how to "miss the ground" when we fall and catch an updraft back up so that we land on our feet!
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I thought you were a dog, not a cat person!: 😲0
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Hope all that need healing are healing nicely - sending along my good vibes too!
I am plugging away, not all that successfully sadly, but still at it.
While I live, I hope!2 -
Hopefully motivation and I will meet up again very soon!2 -
Haven't seen them anywhere around these parts - but will keep my eyes open.
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"this is who I am" / "this is what I do" / "habits" beat motivation any time!
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Ha! Is that the blind leading the partially sighted
Well, I'm having a 1000+ gram salad with the 81g slice of pizza! The veg were already on the other side of about to go bad, so it was now or never and at today's prices it was now! 190g field greens, 400g tomato, 85g onion, 274g cooked beets, 150g previously frozen mixed veg (corn, carrot, pea mix), 85g can of lemon tuna, extra sad looking half lemon... was thinking of leaving some for later... not sure that's happening! 
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Those old habits like to hang around - sometimes they feel like something more than a "habit" ???
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lauriekallis wrote: »Those old habits like to hang around - sometimes they feel like something more than a "habit" ???
Definitely more than habits. It’s that “other” person inside. Kind of like the inner child popping in to say “remember me? We had lots of fun before!. Let’s do that again.”2 -
What a freakin' brat the child is!2
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Nah, I think it is the (previously) default condition we are trying to change and establish a new default. The problem with defaults is that we tend to default to them... and it takes quite a bit of time of having established other defaults via probably new habits to move away from the old defaults, assuming that it can even be done.
I am not even talking about daily habits. They're one thing. I am talking about defaults under stress, especially. What happens when they hit? the old defaults or the "new-ish" habits? Can the new-ish habits overcome them?1 -
I am talking about defaults under stress, especially. What happens when they hit? the old defaults or the "new-ish" habits? Can the new-ish habits overcome them?
Nope - when the stress is BAD I go right to old defaults for comfort. Maybe because it’s all relatively new? I think it’s mostly because I have no newish habits that provide the same stress relief.
I feel very good about being in control most of the time. But once in a while I kind of lose it. Mercifully it only happens when the stress and anxiety are really BAD. Unlike in the past when it didn’t take much to send me over the edge.2 -
Yes.... me thinks that perhaps I was implying something similar.... as I catch myself popping chocolates like.... candy... oh well... hmmm.... I wonder where the expression comes from.
At least I've somewhat kept up to the meandering.... somewhat. And admittedly the December cookie powered increase was definitely worse. I don't even know that there IS an increase taking place yet. But certainly no decrease, THAT part's for sure.2 -
I often think that those of us living with a partner or family might face greater challenges with food control. Even if the family is very supportive like mine.
Eating with others and daily family food prep is often giving up control over what is on the table. There’s also the issue of having others dubious grocery items brought into the house. Chips, cookies, ice cream......
Would I do better if I shopped and cooked for myself alone? I don’t know - that hasn’t happened in nearly 50 years! Or would I be inclined to buy/eat treats because no one is observing my food intake? No raised eyebrows when I have a second helping?
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Either or both happen... at least with me.1
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Me two. I thought it would be easier when The Boy wasn't part of my daily food selection choices - but no - made no difference.
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And my favorite......
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