Menopausal Mad Hatters Chatter Monday, Aug 27th

Snooozie

:bigsmile: Good morning Hatters!

Just starting a new page for a new week; will be back in a few minutes to post.

And remember...in the words of Tom Jones (lol)

"To live for today, and to love for tomorrow is the wisdom of a fool. For tomorrow is promised to no one"

So tell someone ya love em today - and start with YOURSELF!

I LOVE ME!!:bigsmile:

and I luvs the :flowerforyou: Hatters

1slimlinda

Good Morning friends!

I have missed you! Thank you for the inspirational thought Snoozie, That will help me today as I come back to focus. Vacations are great , and I had a wonderful time. A bear ran out in front of the car, I won 200 bucks at the casino, and my parents made sure that we ate,,,,and ate, it seemed every 2 hours! It was so nice to spend some quality time with them, and they got to know my fiance better. Now I have to lose whatever vacation I brought back with me. I think it is a sign that I cant find the fudge I brought home! I went shopping yesterday and brought home some veggies and fruit. Tonight,,,back to Zumba! It will feel so good and boy do I need to shake it up! I hope you have a wonderful day ! My thought to share :
Focus your energy.......There is amazing power in a strong intention. Linda


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Welcome back Linda!! SO glad you had such a great time; got a giggle out of the "eating every 2 hours" with your folks... I know that feeling!! How awesome is it though to hear you are so excited about getting back into healthy - already buying the veg and so excited about going to Zumba - to me that sounds like you HAVE absolutely succeeded at growing and changing; its obviously happened deep down in your mindset that "normal" is now healthy eating and exercise.... and that is something I aspire to - the day that my mind will automatically just keep me reaching for good, healthy food... so huge IPOU Linda.. huge!! :flowerforyou:

Snooozie

Well, it’s the last week of August.. the summer seems to have almost flown by, but I personally love Fall (might have something to do with the cooler weather and hot flashes?? LOL)
I was somewhat shocked when I saw my “50 days logged in” reminder the other day.. it was great on one hand to see that I’ve committed to logging in my food and I have learned and keep learning so much, but on the other hand I also thought drat.. 50 days.. and I’ve only lost 4 pounds… (being a woman of course.. means I can multi task even my thoughts and emotions - they were flipping all over the place lol). And I worked through even more; realizing how great it is that I’ve come so far in changing my lifestyle; and that this is the main goal… but the weight loss is important right now for me too because I want to have dropped as much as possible before my dr appt in Sept ( to stay off the meds for my blood sugars – it’s my last chance appt lol). Anyway, among my other realizations is that, as I mentioned yesterday – I haven’t been putting 100% effort into the exercise part (because I admit I hate it) and I’m going to work on that this week.

I found something this morning by a woman named Andrea Albright, that resonated with me personally today, and will be my reminder for this last week of August... specifically for me to put the effort in. So I’m sharing just in case it helps anyone else here too.. a reminder that our journeys need these three things:


Patience Effort Vision


Do You Know What Your Body Will Look Like, and FEEL Like When It Drops The Extra Fat?

Patience - is for knowing that you are on a journey, and as you travel along this journey, you cannot skip steps, and you will travel at your pace as you are ready.

Do not give up.

When you are impatient, you want to rush from one place to another, missing vital keys, learning and awareness that you need to sustain you and nourish you, and take you clearly across the finish line.When you rush, you often make terrible mistakes that set you back even further. “Slower is faster.” Meaning, the slower you go, the less likely you are going to make mistakes or have to repeat anything, or break down from injury. Patience is the key to going slow, and enjoying every step along the journey.

Effort – without effort, you will never move from one point to another.

Make effort every day in your weight loss journey, some days, you will make a little, some days you will make more.

Just show up.

Do the work. Make the effort to grow, to challenge yourself, and NEVER let an obstacle stop you. No matter what, keep moving forward. Find a way around, through, over, or underneath your obstacle …

Vision – the path will be illuminated by your vision. Where are you going? What do you desire to create? The clearer you have your vision of your fat free body, the more it will inspire and motivate you to keep going.

Believe that your vision is real.

mazie61

Thanks for sharing Snooozie! Love it!
Here's to a great week Mad Hatters!
Cheers! Annamay

cheryl5115

I am back after a very busy weekend.

Thanks for the uplifting word snooozie.
I must confess Friday night we had Mexican food and stuffed myself. I have learned that I can't eat the way I use to.
Saturday night we celebrated my granddaughter's 6th birthday with a pool party. I even swam. I have not done that in a long time but it felt good. Wish I had a pool at my house.
I hope everyone had a good weekend and a very good week ahead.
Cheryl

Leslye125

Ladies,

Snooze, you are always such an inspiration and a blessing to “wake up to” so to speak. You help us all step out of our comfort zones to do something kind for ourselves as well as others. Thank you.

I have missed you ladies so much! Bear with me for a few more days/weeks and I will be back on line and staying in touch again.

As for me……

I'm doing… okay. This staph infection really kicked me in the bootay, but thankfully God is allowing me to keep kicking back. I have no energy or strength, but I’m feeling better. I’ve been sleeping/resting a lot this past week. ! I've had pneumonia twice in the past; and that was a walk in the park compared to this!!!

Saturday, I HAD to get out of the house for fear of going insane so I went to lunch and Costco with my hubby. It was like to kill me. Normally my hubby pushes the cart, while I walk ahead and fill it. Saturday I had to push the cart and hold on just to stay on my feet. I swear there was an a little old man dragging his oxygen tank and cane that was moving faster than me. I couldn’t wait to get home, and we were only gone maybe a couple hours.

I so appreciate all your well wishes and thoughts through this. Knowing I am covered in so many prayers and thoughts gets me through this step by step.

I was supposed to go into work today, but I just don’t have the strength yet. I know my supervisor is upset, but you know, at this point, I really don’t care if they fire me. I can only do what I can do, and right now, that consists of holding this chair down!

Me, being me, of course I had to get on the scale Saturday, just to see where I am and, not great news, but at least I’ve not gained anything. I am retaining so much water, again, but I know it’s just because I’m not moving around yet. Thankfully I don’t have a great appetite yet, that could be dangerous sitting around all day.

My goals for now are just to get the 'diet/food" intake under control and then maybe in a few weeks try to exercise again. But, we’ll see if the body will agree to that! The Doctors say it could be 4-6 weeks until I feel “normal” again. Gah, really, that sucks!

Hopefully I will see you all on line a little later, time to rest... (gah, this sucks!)

Snooozie

:flowerforyou: Leslye :flowerforyou:

I know I already said most of what I wanted in a PM Leslye.. but it was soooo good to see your post !! We are keeping you in our T&P and just remember.. your poor body is already working very hard to recover fully from that infection... a great idea as you said to try to stick to healthier choices while it's doing that because all the lovely nutrients and vitamins will help it heal, but rest is also when our bodies heal - so as insanely bored as i've no doubt you are at times, lol know that every minute you give yourself to recover, your cells are yelling THANK YOU - WE'RE WORKING HARD and we will get you back to 100%! Big hugs!

p.s. I did laugh at the oxygen guy passing you... reminded me of the day I got outwalked by a darn waddling goose - but that little sucker could MOVE! :laugh:

TArnold2012

Snoozie, Again such good words of wisdom. You always have just the right thing and just the right time. I can say you give me inspirations to stay strong and make continue making good choices.

Leslye so good to read that you are on the mend. Hope your strength returns soon.

Cheryl I am with you on wishing I had a pool. I had one for years and lived in it. I still miss it and hope that I am able to get another at some point. Swimming and working out in the pool are my favorite types of exercise that's for sure.

Well lesson plans are calling my name it has so been a MONDAY but 4 days and I get a 3 day weekend !!! Yeah

Everyone have an amazing week and continue making good choices

cheryl5115

Leslye- Keep holding that chair down, otherwise it might get up and leave then where would you be. Don't push your body to hard you don't to have a relapse. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

I think we need to vote snooozie as our official spoke person. She always know the right thing to say.

PatriceMG

I agree. Snoozie for president and cheerleader of the hatters! Always a positive attitude and kind words. Thank you,

Leslye, you are in my thoughts & prayers for a speedy recovery. Without going stir crazy! Take it one day at a time. Your body knows what it needs. Give it whatever it needs to recover. Don't rush it and chance some sort of relapse. You'll be up and running again in no time! God bless you and your health.

Snooozie

Good morning Mad Hatters!!

Started my day with a lovely walk down by the lake.. just beautiful weather with a lovely breeze and loads of sailboats on the horizon..must be a regatta again today I think... but put me in a great frame of mind for today!

AND

My IPOM NSV: My fasting blood sugar was 6.9 this morning.. woo hoo! (My doc wants it below 7 to stay off meds) so this is the first time since I started this journey its been under... so I'm doing the happy feet dance! And has taken my focus back to where it should be, getting healthier and fitter and not so much about the poundage (even tho she also wants me to shed 10% of my weight to help with the numbers.. but I'll get there). I know it could just have been a fluke for the one day, BUT itshows me my changes ARE working, so I'm a happy camper!

TA and HSH: Huge congrats to both of you on the recent pounds lost.. that is AWESOME .... i am so happy for both of you!! And what an affirmation that your hard work is paying off and you're succeeding at making those changes permanent.. huge huge hugs and IPOU's!!

Patrice! So lovely to see you; hope all is well in your world my friend...!!

Know a lot of our Hatters are crazy busy at the moment; just know that we miss ya and hope once things settle back down you'll be back to play!

I'm heading down into Toronto this aft; taking a co worker out for a farewell drink on a patio somewhere - I'm not the slightest bit worried about my eating and drinking tho.. I am going to enjoy one frozen lime margarita and a well chosen dinner and then stick to water (as I'm driving anyway lol) and its kinda nice to be able to go out and not freak over oh no the calories oh no the alcohol.. because im not going to overindulge, and in my new lifstyle, i know its just fine to make those choices occasionally.. and it's such a great feeling instead of the old "i can't i'm on a ____ (NOT going to use that word as its no longer in my vocabulary lol) :bigsmile:

Hope everyone has an awesome day... you have all been such a great source of inspiration and wisdom to me since I came to MFP ... and I loveknowing such a great group of women all have my back every day!!

MAD HATTERS ROCK!!!!!:happy:

Snooozie

:bigsmile: p.s. i'LL BE HAPPY to take the position of cheerleader ... still got my pom poms from Bis' run! lol :bigsmile:

fishbarn

welcome back

cheryl5115

Hello fishbarn

Snooozie- congrats on the NSV. it is working.

tonyacoursey

Hello my friends,

I have been busy helping the daughter move in so I haven't been around much. Just wanted to say HI and IPOU. There have been some losses and some habits changing around here and I am glad to be part of the group.

Thanks for all of the kind words and encouragement!

~t

cbmcphillips

@ snoozie - can I be your co-captain?

"Go Team Go!"

Carol

Snooozie

lol @ cmb - absolutely.. !

Just in from a night out on the town; patio hopped our way across the city on a lovely summer night; but it was a planned indulgence - most of my calories came from wine lol... and most of my $ went to cab fares! But shared a platter of munchies; all of which were deep fried so I just did a mass "quick add calories" for the day - but since it was a planned "day off" I'm not the slightest bit worried about what I ate or drank... and in a weird way I'm kinda looking forward to eating "normal" (aka good!) again tomorrow.. I also noticed tho.. that I cant eat as much anymore as i used to.. I would be the "Bring your own fork" to a buffet type and eat til I couldnt move.. just because.... lol but since eating smaller portions and eating better foods, my tummy seems to have shrunk on the "inside" (even if not on the outside lol).

I have the final procedure on my eye tomorrow morning... the lens has settled in fine according to the docs, but they want to do some kind of laser thing on it to "fine tune" or tweak the thing in some way I guess.. I think I preferred the first one where I was put under and had no idea what they were doing to me lol... Im pretty sure I'm awake for this one! Not sure if I'm gonna be on "no puter" time after again but I don't think so for this part.

Tired little camper so heading to bed; lovely to see you pop in fishbarn.. and hope all the other Hatters are having a good week!
Into the arms of morpheus I go!

Time2LoseWeightNOW

Hello, everyone...
sending a quick shout out to Snooozie.
I hope she won't read this until her eye is healed, but knowing her, I know she will peek if she can.....
We love you Snooze. Take care of that eyeball!!

PatriceMG

Thanks for the music ideas. Thhe playlist encouraged me to walk/jog an extra 1 1/2 half miles this morning! Burning those cals away!

hairsprayhon

Ladies, it is so good to finally have the time to catch up with all of you! The stress of the hospital with my mother in law gave me an excuse to feed my food addiction.
I did a long blog post about what I did and what I hope to do to avoid in the future. For those of you who cheered my loss of 2 pounds, what happened was in ONE week I went up 6 pounds, I knew I had not got that crazy and my rings didn't go on, so the next morning the scale was down 2, but that netted a one week gain of 4.
I wrote the blog post to acknowledge how hard it was for me to get right back here and be honest about my struggle. Until now I have only posted the good things that have led to my weight loss and improved fitness. But I now recognize that if this is a permanent change I have to be here when things are not going well.
One thing I have acknowledged is that with my IPad there is no excuse for not tracking my food. Even if I am not connected the info gets stored.
Snoozie, Congrats for getting that sugar number down, that is really a MAJOR step, if you stick with it the pounds WILL follow.
Leslye, the boss won't be better off if you return to work too early and have a physical setback. You will know when you can handle the return to work. Your story of the person with the oxygen reminded me of when I was going down a very steep hill to get to Chinatown in San Fransciso. I was almost holding on the wall because I thought I might completely lose my balance. While I am taking teeny baby steps down the hill, I am passed by a brisk moving elderly chinese lady carrying 2 grocery bags and wearing heels.
Patrice, glad the music got you moving an extra distance!
Everyone else thanks for being here. Knowing that I can come and say I gained 4 pounds over the last week and get nothing but encouragement means so much. THANK YOU ALL. Janet

charip

Hi Everyone-
Haven't been posting or logging for a while...and it shows in the weight department.... but I have been lurking and reading the posts everyday. What a wonderful group we have, I'm so glad to be a part of it. Thanks to you all, I'm getting back on track..again....