Thoughts, Epiphanies, Insights, & Quotables
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Hey 👋 hope everyone survived Easter with fond memories and not too many lbs lol... My chocolate is gone, 2 more Hot Cross Buns to go and that just leaves some ham, and ham is not a problem lol.
I am down like .5 today, week over week, so feeling good about making some real progress...soon...
Is it Spring yet where you are - some frightful weather shown on the news!3 -
Oh goodness BC! It’s past spring here in central Texas. We’re into early summer. It was nearly 90F today. Everyone running about in shorts and sandals.
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We finally have sunshine today after a rainy start - spring is here but it's a soggy one!3
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It's what?
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Is soggy not used in the States?? Basically means wet, as in penetratively!
Here on the 'wet' coast of Canada we understand soggy lol 😆2 -
Yooly - I can't imagine!
I left my lovely Ontario spring - with flowers in the garden! - for a cold, wet snow and windy, easy coast.
It's okay though - my sunshine is right here ☀️
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Hey loooooook...... PUPPIES!!!!!!1
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Hmmm.... my sweet co-provincial BC Lady Bug... I wonder on which coast THIS sunny place is located!BCLadybug888 wrote: »Is soggy not used in the States?? Basically means wet, as in penetratively! Here on the 'wet' coast of Canada we understand soggy lol 😆
TBH, I was mostly complaining that Ms Bella should not be trying to pull the sogginess card on more deserving individuals!!!
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Ah PAV, I see said the blind man as he peed on the roses!1
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Hi Larie, Bella & BC LadyBug!
Weatherwise - not sunny at all here & defo a bit wet - expecting a Storm Kathleen to visit this weekend!
Such a tiny country, poles apart with weather! Need some sun!
What a lovely pic of the grandson Laurie - he has grown! what a cutie
Bella- can sympathise with feelings re MIL😂- though mine has had to go into a nursing home now as was unworkable at home - kept escaping & causing havoc in the community!!
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You’re in Ireland, Creamtea! Hope the storm goes by lightly.1
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Decided to revisit the early posts for their sage advice following another night of insomnia ( a joyful side effect of high dose steriods 🙄) They are great! Fortunately, & unfotunately, there’s so much that resonates & I’ve enjoyed reading them - mostly again with “new eyes”, but many for the first time too!
I also love the humour interspaced with advice based on support & friendships you have all made.
Still loads to read & links to find again, but a post that particularly resonated in the early hours …& as the scales looms, was one stating the following: -
“I think the main thing that separates this time from all of my past fails is that I believe this time I figured me out. The mechanics of weight loss are really simple. I eat less than I burn. Managing myself is where I failed and it did take a little creativity to put together a plan that works for me but I think I got it right”.
I’m off sick from work at moment, as recovering from treatment & whilst not being at work is starting to “do my head in”, it is giving ME some head space to think about my health, my weight loss so far & grapple with how much further I have to go.
Not easy having to be a Larger Loser is it?
Yeah, so spot on …. managing myself….my biggest ask… need to get this right.
PS Oops rambling & tired & have a telephone appointment with boss re when I’m “Fit to Return” later today ….. bit anxious as I know I am definitely not recovered enough yet, but well aware of how things must be at work for my colleagues.3 -
Stop.
Creamtea42 first.
Seriously.
Co-workers will either cope or will not; but you not giving yourself every opportunity to recover is not the way for them to manage2 -
Oh yes Pav, I so agree & this is part of the managing me; getting this right. Too many times I’ve put others before myself. Has not done me any favours, and I’m sure led to further, later sick time when I’ve gone back too early.2
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"The mechanics of weight loss are really simple. I eat less than I burn. Managing myself is where I failed..."
So true! Reading this just now helped me to get myself upstairs to go to bed when hunger was trying to convince me otherwise. I have hundreds of thousands of stored calories at my disposal, by all rights I should never be hungry! Brain, please take note and override hormones for goodness sake!
@Creamtea42 , as someone who was a very diligent workaholic I can assure you that your loyalty is misplaced when not on you and your family first, only in rare crisis moments should it take precedence on a very temporary basis (if even then).3 -
Hi @BCLadybug888 - I do see this & tbf meeting went well & am now feeling supported - from past experiences, with managers have not often felt that, with poor results for my physical, & yes, my emotional health.
So this is progress in me managing me!
Just to say “ thank you” BC & Pav though - wise words.3 -
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I eat what I want to be, well-rounded but correctly portioned😆3
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You two are killing me! 🤣0
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I remember reading a children's book about a dragon to my son a few decades ago. The dragon was toooo long and skinny and because of that he was unable to scare anyone,
It turns out the problem was the he was eating long and skinny things. Cucumbers, celery, carrots, long skinny French sticks, french fries, pepperoni sticks.
To fix the problem he had to start eating round things. Pumpkins, squash, watermelon.
With this in mind ....
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You two three are killing me! 🤣
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I just found this wonderful sort of crossover hoodie with a kangaroo pouch pocket at value Village ... A secondhand store chain in Canada.
I am so in love with it! It's a perfect deflector for my somewhat lopsided physique.
I'm not pleased with the coming warm weather and having to come up with new clothes to wear. I'm sure come the end of July I'll have it figured out (aka will have accepted things) and and will have lost this plumpness 😂2 -
I’ll take your warm weather over mine Laurie. Looks like Texas has arrived at daily 90s during the day with 70s at night. It’s only May 1. And the humidity! Oy!!!
I love Value Village. I stopped into one in Seattle. Scored a very nice, expensive blouse for cheap. I’m sure you’ll figure things out with the clothes as you go along. Summer is tough - I prefer sweater weather coverage.2 -
My mother always referred to Value Village as VV Boutique. She was a sucker for little dolls and stuffies. She felt sorry for them being homeless...thankfully she was not a hoarder so had to be a bit choosy with what she brought home 🥰
Ah yes, still brisk coolish weather here! I genuinely don't think I would survive Texas. I am not genetically prepared, being of Scottish descent.
Laurie - are Kangaroo jackets not a thing anymore? I am so out of the loop!3 -
I don’t think I’d survive Texas weather either, but is very cool for time of year here. Our climate change in north seems to be getting colder!
I wish we had something like VV here - I seem to be wearing my OH’s jumpers & everything is either too baggy & my older smaller clthes remain just that! Loss issues, but pleased to have hem 🤣🥴😉3 -
There are no VVs here in Texas sadly. We do have Goodwill stores which are a goldmine of good deals! But it requires a commitment of time to shift through the junk to find the gems.2
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Same issue with sifting with VV and Sally Ann. Time. Also was surprised with the competitiveness of close out bins at full retail. Also sifting super glad I'm sitting at 8+ years of medium/nominal 32 even if I've stretched it a bit at times
I admit to being prejudiced against vv as they are for profit.
Can't deny that sallyann does some good (and I end up donating there most of the time) even though I'm not terribly impressed with what I know about how they deliver services. Then again I acknowledge that I do not know how they would be able to better and more successfully deliver services given the issues faced by the people they help.
No kill shelter thrift shops remain my preference to donate to. But hard to find2 -
I'm not sure if kangaroo jackets are in or out I like them though!
I don't worry too much about the for profit - not for profit to be honest, PAV. I know VV pays not for profits for the donations they take in, and in the stores around here the organization of the "stuff" and the stores is on a much higher caliber. Much less stinky too! And those not for profits still seem to pay lots of high end people very high salaries. Not that I have researched anything lately.
I shop at VV for strictly selfish reasons. I find great deals and it doesn't tend to take toooo long
Picked up a rain jacket today that made me pretty happy. Especially nice that I can do it up. I hope that has a postive effect that leaves me feeling better about myself and less incline to eat away my self disappointment when I wear a rain coat I cannot zip up.
I would not want to live in your temperatures, Yooly! Would hate to feel the need to stay indoors, in airconditioned coolness.2
