The Daily Water Cooler Thread
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mizpaden-what are you studying for school? I've had the same reactions when my husband tells me to "chill out" or "settle down". Makes my blood boil... We went to a movie today but I took my own popcorn but snitched movie popcorn too. Two pieces of pizza for dinner but I'm okay with it. I'm on track for where I expect to be in all this. I'm not real strict with myself as long as I'm exercising. Hope your week goes well. Work is going to be awful this week but this to shall pass...
Have a nice Monday!
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have been doing 'continuing education' working towards a different degree for Medical Transcription. Became really enamored of the idea of working from home. The boyz still take a lot of time with hither and yon stuff, that even tho they are in school, it would be wonderful if I could have that flexibility to do those things. I really only came back into this workforce to pay off what I was putting out for tuitiion and books, and it has become way more encompassing than I wanted and I should be putting out feelers for those types of jobs, but am too tired at night to do it. Soooo.... who knows. I really enjoyed the classes and experiences I had so far with the transcription stuff, but will I take it any further?0
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Happy Monday Ladies
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Had a GREAT eating weekend. I'm trying to pay more attention to how much sugar I take in (i.e. less fruit
), and I exercised both days! I'm striving to get in a workout at least once a day.. hard to get myself to do it! Another challenge is eating my exercise calories.... really hard. I exercise at the end of my work days, before dinner. Once I've entered exercise I usually have like 800-1000+ left over for dinner. ack! never able to get that many in and still have a healthy balanced dinner. I'm now going to try entering the exercise that I plan to do in the morning when I'm also logging breakfast, snacks, and lunch for the day. Maybe with it already logged and having already eaten some of the calories it'll motivate me that much more to do it 
heh. we'll see how it goes.
A coworker made some rice krispie treats with chocolate chips in them. AGH! Couldn't resist. Had a largeish square :ohwell: it was worth it!! At least it's not the WORST thing I could splurge on... I'll just accept that I'll be over in sugars today. I did awesome over the weekend usually only going 5-8 over for each day.
Jenny, great job taking your own popcorn to the movies!! Really hard to resist that movie popcorn.
Well, off to the rest of my day
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mizpaden- I've heard there is a real need for medical transcriptionists (sp?). Stick with it so you can make your own hours and be your own boss. I could use a job like that about now...
Starla-nice watching your sugars. How does it feel to eat less sugar? Can you feel the difference? I usually can because I'm sugar sensitive (addicted) to sugar. If I have a lot of extra calories after exercising I may eat half back but don't worry about getting them all. Sometimes I'm just not hungry or it's too late in the day and I wouldn't be able to sleep.
I went a little over my calories today. Too much rice, an avodado and an egg mcmuffin for breakfast due to running late this morning... Tomorrow is another day, right?
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just got back from blood pressure check and I am a good girl. 122/76. We decided to not drop my beta-blocker right now since things are unusually stressful/hectic at work. Down 4 lbs (only) from six months ago. I told him I was bummed by that since I am logging and exercising - and I know it must be b/c of sugars/carbs.... but still.... he told me just to stick with it. Sigh.... I know... If it were easy - everybody would be thin! All in all - I should be/am happy. I was starving and grabbed a subway egg sandwich on my way back - it smells wonderful.
Way to go on your excellent weekend Starla - you are truly an inspiration!
Jenny - I'm not giving up on the classes, I'll keep after it - one of these I will find the ambition to get out there and find me a trans job and just go for it!
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Hi ladies
.........didn't exercise yesterday........ lol, I guess trying the enter-exercise-in-the-morning thing wasn't so good to try for the first time on the day my period started! Was too drained of energy by the time I got home yesterday to exercise. I went a little over in calories, but not horribly. I'm trying it again today and I feel better today than I did yesterday so it's looking good; planning on my old friend the Gazelle for a half hour tonight.
Jenny, haven't noticed a difference on less sugars lately except that possibly I'm less hungry? Not sure. Need to give it more time. Still disappointed that scale's not moving dang it. Considering trying a low carb diet for awhile, see how I respond. Scared of it though! I love my fruit, grains etc. and the first phase all of that's cut out- tough stuff! I'll be thinking some more on it....
Mizpaden- you'll get ridda that beta blocker eventually! None of us like being on pills... and with all of your exercising and healthy diet after awhile your heart won't need help to have good blood pressure
Wishing I was somewhere warm like Shirley!!! It's so cold and rainy and windy in Seattle right now :indifferent: Of cuorse we don't get a REAL summer til july/august.... so I've got awhile to wait for that warm weather. (and can't afford a vacation right now!)
.....back to work! and I WILL exercise after work today dang it!0 -
Well I hope you all exercised extra for me too. Another cruddy day at work and I chose to be bad at dinner and eat chicken wings and hojo fries from Wing Joint. Now I'm having a glass of wine (or 2) before bed because I have to go back to work tomorrow and deal with all the bull%# again! So I got a hair cut after work, ate a ton of food and decided no time for exercise. Total rebellion!:grumble:
I WILL do better tomorrow and get back on track. I go to a speech and hearing conference for my work on Thursday - Saturday. It will be by the Mall of America so I will get my walking in Thurs and Fri. eve at the mall when we go out for dinner and shop. Even though we only live 35 minutes from the mall, my coworkers and i are staying in a hotel both nights so we don't have to drive through morning rush hour to get to the conference on Fri. and Saturday mornings. Should be fun!
Thanks for exercising for me. I'll do some extra tomorrow to pay you back!:bigsmile:
Jenny0 -
oooohhh, the mall... I haven't been there for - mmm - 15 years! Have fun at your conference and try to just blow by the BS. Today is my last day with the current HR gal who is outta here. My systems/control desk is covered in crap I'm behind on and now my HR desk is covered in crap I don't know how to do and am behind on. They haven't even started interviewing yet. Fan-freaking-tastic.
The 10-year-old was in tears again last night while we were reviewing his homework. We are picking on him, making him re-do his errors, why can't we just leave it be... more awesomeness. My car is acting up. Whoo! And instead of dealing with any of it, I am sitting here doing this and eating my fiber one with almond milk. Well, if I don't try to take care of me, no one else will.
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well, stepped on that scale today and half a pound down! That's of course after two weeks ago going up a pound... so now I'm at 4 1/2 lbs lost since starting just over a month ago. Not bad for a month. It's so hard to get disappointed by the weight not dropping faster. You watch all these weight loss shows where they do kind of unhealthy things to loose rapidly so you easily get it in your mind that that's how it should be. Not so! Real world, a few pounds a month is phenomenal. I think at the rate I'm starting I'll be lucky to get 1-2 a month, but at least I'll be loosing slowly but surely! I also wish I didn't look at the number 169.5 and get disappointed. It's nice to be down half a pound, out of the 170's but 'dang why isn't it dropping faster' is what my inner voice screams, while my brain knows the answer. Oh well. Just gotta keep reminding myself that my body will loose it slowly but surely It's so hard to be patient sometimes!
BLAH. Going to work out again tonight to keep the process going!!!! I have to- I already logged it and have eaten some of the extra calories!
so far that process is working well by the way. It's easier to get it done when I'm motivated by having already said I'd do it and eaten some of the calories! I'm still struggling with my sugar levels. Regularly go over by about 5-10 after my gain from exercise. (MFP allows me 30 sugars a day before exerise). GAH! It's tough. There really is sugar in EVERYTHING!!!
Today's amazing goal has been to avoid the doughnut/pastry tray awaiting me in the staff lunch room. DANGER DANGER my brain screams when I see them. How many calories? so much sugar! lol. I definitely think differently about food now that I've got MFP telling me how much is in everything! I had a bit size taste of a cinnamon roll but was amazingly able to stop after that, being satisfied with just a taste really tough!
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Hello ladies! I've been so busy with so many distractions this week that I'm not getting my exercising in or being very strict with my eating. Tomorrow I go to the conference and hopefully will walk either outside tomorrow eve or at the Mall of America. I did pass up a piece of Costo cake today so that was a good choice but I chowed on a burger and grilled potatoes at dinner, I was starving!
Starla- didn't you say in the beginning you would be happy with 2 pounds per month? If so then you have done fantastic and if not you still have. I think 2-5 pounds a month is success. I looked at your diary and you're doing so much better on your sugars. Might want to monitor sodium and see if it making you retain fluids if you want more rapid loss? Or just don't worry and be patient because it's happening slowly and surely!!
mizpaden-Isn't work a pain in the XXX? God what a week here too...it can't be over too soon for me. Whiny coworkers, pettiness, in fighting, bad news, and not getting work done have been my work environment. Working with all women is sometimes a definite downer, feels like I'm back in high school. That is not something you could pay me to repeat in my lifetime.
Well have a nice weekend and I may not comment again until Saturday unless I can get internet at my hotel. I will log food on my app if I need to.
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I DID say that Jenny! Thanks for the reminder. It's hard to be patient and trust the process. I think I need to stop watching Biggest Loser, lol. Puts terrible ideas of rapid weight loss in my head! I need to keep reminding myself how good I feel with a healthy diet and how much stronger I feel since I've been exercising and ignore the fact for now that the scale and measuring tape aren't moving.... it's hard to ignore that!:ohwell: And I too HATE conferences. I feel your pain Sounds like you at least got to travel for yours though, eh? I'm going to one myself the end of this month but don't get to travel anywhere! Just have to drive to North Seattle. It's the UW's ambulatory nursing care conference- I have to go every year. Blah. Occasionally I learn something interesting, and yeah it's nice to get paid to be away from work and get breakfast and lunch provided.... but I'd rather be working!!! heh. That day it'll be impossible to stay on plan and track things with no computer access and as yet to be determined cell phone reception, so I think I'll just count that day as a food diary day off and still exercise (4/27)
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good job Starla - keep on keepin on. Right?
I would never go back through high school for nuthin'. Ick.
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Hi everyone from Florida.
Weather is in the 80's and sunny.
Getting a nice tan.
Will be back on Saturday. Hope everyone is
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Waves at Shirley - sun...what is that?
I don't whether to scream or cry. The 10-year-old stayed home from school today b/c he had convinced me he was sick. I emailed the teacher and asked her to send home his homework with the 6-year-old. She emailed back she would, and described the bad day he had yesterday with mutlple 'half-truths' and incomplete homework, etc, arGH!!!! I read that email when I was almost done at work from Hades and thought I was going to come home to workout. So, I've been sitting with him talking ad nauseum about all the things we've talked about before, and I think I have decided to cry. WAH!!!! Doesn't really help. Deep breath. I'm so drained, and still have tomorrow to get through. One caffiene IV please - STAT!
gurl power!0 -
dun da da daAAAAHH! FINALLY another pound down. Was 169.5 this last wed when I weighed, stepped on today and it said 168.5. WOOHOO! I've been eating/drinking/exercising consistently all week every day- it's working for me really well for now to enter exercise in the mornings before I'm able to do it in the evenings so that I can plan meals and snacks for the day to eat back some of the exercise calories and net around 1200/day. WOORRKKKING! Lets hope that continues. Now that I've gotten another pound off I just have to be patient and not expect another for a couple or three weeks. Keep the mind positive) It's tough not to expect big changes quickly. That 168 makes me feel good though ;o) 0
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wooot!! at Starla - good job - so proud for you!!!!0
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Okay ladies I'm truant from one of the sessions at my conference because I'm not impressed with what I've attended so far. The hotel is kind of dumpy but the bed is nice. My friend and I stayed up till 2:00 am talking just like the old fashioned slumber party. I'm so tired. I came back to my room to talk to you because I couldn't sit through another session that covered such basic info. Maybe I'm too old and have been a speech-language pathologist too long? Not that I'm an expert at anything but when my employer spends $200 to send me to this I could gain a little new info? Although I did go to a presentation on the ipad and its apps and how they can be used for therapy. That was pretty cool...
Starla- I'm still in Mpls. but just drove 35 minutes to the southern suburbs to stay in the hotel where the conference is at. A few of us decided it would be ladies weekend and we'll hang out at the Mall of America tonight which is right across the road.
mizpaden-sorry to hear of your struggles with your son. I have 3 sons and the school years are draining when you have to be on them about homework and school performance. I was lucky they are all learn easily but my two oldest always challenged teacher's authority, had their truant days, etc. Now my youngest is in high school and he is SO EASY! I deserve this! Hang in there and cry when ever you need to. I did alot of that too!
Hello Shirley! Warmth and sun? We are feeling the 60's today but no sun. Weather is improving thought. I hope to work to clean up my gardens on Sunday. I saw tulips and crocuses peeking through the dirt!
So have a nice evening. I need to get back on track after this conference!
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Jenny, I didn't know you're an SLP! I'm an MA at the university of washington medical center's otolaryngology head and neck surgery clinic so I get to work with SLPs all the time) they do clinic with the laryngologists and see some patients in clinic of their own that have had laryngectomies and are learning to use an electrolarynx. Something else we have in common! It's a really interesting clinic to be an MA in, I love it. I get to assist with clinic procedures and laryngeal or nasal scoping all the time. 0
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I'm home and very tired! The conference was long, too much sitting, eating and drinking. A few inspiring sessions but nothing earth shaking. More networking and seeing friends than anything.
Starla-sounds like you love your job. That's great! It sounds interesting. I work in a school setting, birth to age 3 early intervention, special education. I use to work in a private rehab clinic about 22 years ago but then took time off to be home with my kids for a couple of years. Went in to the school system after that to have nice vacations with my kids. Been in the same job for 21 years...
Well tomorrow I'm starting over with exercise and eating the right foods. Too many days off track and feeling very fat and sluggish. Lots of blood sugar spikes!
Off to bed and I'll chat more tomorrow,
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Hi Ladies:
Back from vacation and had a wonderful week, my birthday was April 4th and I turned 62.
My anniversay was April 6th and married 37 years :yawn: yea, long time.
I exercised everyday while walking on the beach and managed yoga on the beach for
two days, the rest was laying around eating and drinking. Only gained 1.2 lbs. as of today.
I was really pleased. Guess the exercise helped plus I drank a lot of water. We drank
2 cases of water just my hubby and me and 1 case of beer :blushing: That didn't
count the drinks at dinner so I was pretty pleased with the weight when I got home.
Now back to work tomorrow :sad: Vacation's are too short. Our friends picked us up at
the airport and it was 61 degrees. So that was really nice to come home too. Today looks like
rain. I read all your posts and I didn't realize I was in such company of some really intelligent
women. Hope all is well with everyone and Happy Sunday. Will check in tomorrow.0 -
Shirley-you did fantastic and had fun too! Great job! Sounds like a nice trip with a combo of relaxation and activity. Our weather in Minnesota is warming up too, nice isn't it? It's in the high 60's to 70's and even muggy because a storm is coming. Iowa had a tornado that damaged a small town of 1200 but no casualties luckily. I guess that weather is coming north.
Happy 62nd birthday and happy anniversary!:drinker:
I'm trying to start today more diligent and getting back control of eating and exercise. This last week was a derailment for me. In the past this behavior would cause me to give up and start eating. But I'm not going to let that happen. So 3 miles walked this morning and back to serious logging of foods.
Have a nice day everyone and I'll probably check back in tonight.
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Welcome back - glad you had such an awesome vacay. JEALOUS!
It's only 5:45 and I am already stressed about the week. Gah. I did get two good workouts in, but looked outside and saw all the landscape rocks are full of grass. Ugh. Last year I spent prolly 10 hours a week pulling weeds and grass. Just what I need right now - ANOTHER job. (Sarcasm font).0 -
JENNY: Thanks for the birthday wishes. I have been hearing alot
about the tornados on the news. I hope all is well your way.
Mizpaden: How is the job going? Hang in there it can only get better.:flowerforyou:
Did manage to get my walk in at work on lunch today before the rain comes.
So a little less exercising when i get home since I already got a jump on it.
My co-workers are getting a cake for me this week for my birthday, they are
sweet but I told them NO. They don't listen.:grumble: One of our attorneys doesn't like
chocolate so we ordered that because he will out of the office. :bigsmile:
Have all my laundry hanging in the basement so I will have to put everything away that
doesn't need iroing when I get home
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The storm never arrived yesterday but went to Wisconsin. Work was more calm today and not so much tension over our program changes. I have knitting group tonight at another member's house. Don't know what is for dinner so we'll see how I do with that. No exercise today so I'll have to do more tomorrow...
Have a nice evening. It's sunny and blue skies here.
Jenny0 -
Goodmoning all u Losers! ( you know what I mean:laugh: )
It still hasn't rained today, so maybe I will get some walking
in today. It is a gray day today.
Got all my laundry done and will do ironing tomorrow and I
should be done for a few days anyway. You know laundry never ends.
I did some Wii Dance 2 when i got home from work, I am so sucky at this.
I am in a challenge here on the MFP and my scores are so low compared
to the rest of the group. I guess I am not as coordinated.
Tonight for dinner we are having omelettes (sp) and peameal bacon ( that is
Canadian bacon) because a guy from the Gas Company is coming over to
check out some things in the house so that is a quick dinner for us.
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Yawnn....I am soooo draggy....it's supposed to be 70 today, but then snow on Friday. What the heck? Nebraska. nuff said. I clinging to getting through today, because it is.... hair color day! YAY!! Buh-bye gray - for a little bit anyways. Ate a couple of 'cuties' oranges and they kind of made my stomach hurt - acid. bleh. or stress - bleh. yawnnn....:yawn:0
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Hello everyone! Been a little MIA from out thread :ohwell:
I had a decent weekend- exercised and logged food diligently and wonderfully saturday but took sunday off of both - but I don't think I did too bad of a job! Yesterday I was pooped when I got home- so I didn't exercise like I had planned and as a result went around 200 over in calories.. oops! I got to work, was here for a couple of hours and then got a call from my mother- she locked herself out of our apartment (my mom now lives with me... not able to work a job that would let her have enough money to have her own apartment) and it was too cold yesterday to make her wait around for me, and she doesn't know any neighbors in the other apartments.... so off to home I went! I'm lucky enough to have wonderful coworkers and an amazing job. Yesterday clinic was just slow enough that it was no problem for someone to cover while I drove the half hour or so home to let her in and then back to work. Worked out well! Mom and I certainely learned our lesson though about needing to hide a key outside somewhere. I rent a privately owned condo so there isn't anyone on the property with keys- so mom made a few copies yesterday of the the key and we quickly buried one in a pot on the back patio (ground floor apartment) so that this doesn't happen again! It's funny how roles reverse as we age. I never had that particular issue happen to me when I was younger but I could see it happening to someone's kid and having to leave work to let them in the house, ya know? Anyways though it made for a long day so that was my excuse to not exercise... too tired... :ohwell: I'll do much better today! I've eaten wonderfully so far and plan to go home and use my trusty gazelle while I watch tv (that's why I like it so much! I get a good sweat from it and watch tv at the same time :happy: ) My goal for the week is simple: Don't get on that darn scale in the bathrooM!!!! I want til the week after next, the day before I go to my nursing conference on the 26th, because that weekend I have another night out planned with friends, so I'd rather weigh before all of that and then stay in that blissful place of what will hopefully be happiness until I weight again a couple of weeks later. It's so hard not to get on that scale!
Shirley, glad you had such a wonderful time! With all of your hard work you deserve it :happy: happy belated birthday and anniversary!! and I'm tempted by the wii workout games! Haven't actually tried any but i've been thinking about it...
and oh my god, 60's or 70's guys? I would LOVE THAT!! I actually had to scrape frost off of my windsheild this morning. Even on the days we do get sun here in Seattle it's still a chilly 50-something. blah.
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Working a little later to put in conference hours and meeting hubbie for dinner. My son has a late track meet so we have a little date at a Chicago Style hot dog, etc. restaurant. 10 minutes and I get to leave work. Did 3 hours beyond my duty day.
I hope I can fit in a walk tonight. My exercise has been very inconsistent due to too much on my schedule in the evenings. Not liking this because it interferes with my progress for weight loss. Crazy!!!!
Sounds like you are all doing well with exception of weather coming to Nebraska. We are due for the same weather in Minnesota. Ridiculous! 60's today and sunny so things are looking up for atleast awhile.
Bye for now!:happy:
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BANGS!:drinker:0
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Rain possibly turning to snow! Please stop! I managed to walk 3 brisk miles last night which did help my stress level. Zumba tonight!
I hope you all have a nice day...:flowerforyou:
Jenny0
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