SBF2 Reboot Boogaloo! Dec 7

yoginimary

Ok, let's make these next two weeks really good, then have an easier two weeks at the end of the year. By Jan 1, we'll be inspired to work hard again. We will do well.

With that in mind, this week:
yoga 6x
gym 3x
walk or bike 4x
dessert only on Friday (Christmas get together)

A little rant about the Christmas gift exchange. I was told that my gift was dessert. I think that says it all. Your gift is dessert - urgh. So if I don't eat it, I don't like my gift?:explode: Fine, your gift is a yoga class. My my my, I like that so much, I may have to use it sometime - next time I get a fruit cake.

Finding humor in it, boogaloo!

lotusfromthemud

I'm in to have two really good weeks. I used food to cope yesterday, big time. Bad things. . .pasta at my favorite restaurant, hot chocolate and a cookie on the walk home. Also, too much red wine. Now that THAT's out of my system, I'm concentrating on the following for the week:

1. No desserts. At all. Next week, I have two Christmas parties to go to, so I'm saving up.

2. Movement/exercises six days. Instead of more days off, I'm using two light days in my "exercise jar". This jar,oddly, is helping. If I have something scheduled (like a session with my trainer on Friday), I just dig in the jar and take it out of the running. I'll do the same with my Sunday Bikram. I'm enjoying the idea that I'm moving almost every day.

3. Concentrating on looking forward instead of back. I get wistful this time of year, and it triggers all kinds of memories (good and bad) and for some weird reason, regrets. I'm trying to replace those thoughts whenever I can. I fear the future. (this statement is both funny and deep)

Visions (and visions only) of sugarplums boogaloo!:flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

Hi Pebbs,
My hubby and I had a good talk last night and it seemed to help us both. I don't know that we resolved anything (foodwise or otherwise) but it was good to talk about some stuff. He also wants to start eating better and getting exercise. :huh: That's new. Maybe it's just in support of me, but whatever works! He hates exercise. We are going to try to brave the "cold" and go walking for 30 minutes in the evenings when weather and time allows.
I am in agreement with having two good weeks. I am logging again (at least I logged breakfast anyway. ) and I am going to try to get in 3, 45-60 minute workouts this week. I am also going to try to do something everyday, even if it's just playing on the wii for 15-30 minutes. That will at least be something.
As I mentioned on the last thread, no desserts till Friday night (party). That one will be really hard for me since I've been struggling so much the last two weeks.
Hubby and I agree that my moods/depression are food related. When I eat better I feel better. I just wish I didn't like junk food so much. So knowing that, I should have motivation to eat better. I could try to convince myself I am allergic to chocolate and sugar. One of them, or both, makes me grouchy and gives me a food hangover of sorts.
Oh and I am also going to try to limit bad carbs as much as I can and have good ones only like fruit and veggies. Again, not easy. I will have some pasta in a couple of meals this week since I already planned it out that way. I will do better next week.
Got some house cleaning in this morning and spent 30 minutes in "school" with Alex. He wants to read and he LOVES numbers. Did I tell you all he can count to 100? Actually 115.

Rambling boogaloo!
MM

yoginimary

Something I'm doing: I took "try" out of my posts. I exchanged it for "will".

"Do or do not, there is no try"

cp005e

Your gift is dessert - urgh. So if I don't eat it, I don't like my gift? :explode: Fine, your gift is a yoga class.

:laugh: I love it.

I'm in for two good weeks! It will be tough with getting ready for the holiday, but I can do it. I'll probably have to cut out television and/or internet at home to get it all done, though! (Mary - one visit a day to MFP/Facebook/email ought to be enough for anybody! )

1. Pushups 3x
2. Cardio 3x
3. Yoga/Strength 1-2x
4. Limit of one dessert & two drinks (but I will allow myself a SMALL taste in addition to this if we make candy - if I have more than that, it will count as my dessert)

Planning for success, boogaloo!

cp005e

Uh-oh, danger!! I just found out that they are doing a holiday potluck at work on Thursday. I'll have to be careful to make sure that it's really worth it to have my dessert then. I think I should bring a salad.

Also, they are doing a charity auction of baked goods and homemade crafts that same day. I can't make any crafts, so I'll probably end up baking something to auction off - unfortunately, it will be something else to resist at home! Hmmm. Maybe I'll make granola instead.

mechanicmom

Mary, I forgot to comment yesterday on your post. I think things like dessert, or any edible item, for a Christmas present is kind of dumb. Why not get something that lasts and leaves a reminder throughout the year, or at least when Christmas comes again? I'm not calling your friend dumb, lol, I just think there are better things to give.
V, I know what you mean about looking forward and not back. I often look back and think "If only I had stuck with weight loss so many years ago, I would be at my goal weight and things would be different." Maybe, maybe not. There's always today and tomorrow. I have heard myself speak of many "if only's". Well, I didn't, so I need to get over it. Our past does not need to determine our future.
CP, I wish I had your self control. And every time I hear the word potluck, I think buttery, cheesy foods. :laugh: Actually when we have potlucks at our church it's pretty healthy. There's always salad and nothing greasy or horribly buttery etc. There is, however, always dessert, and good dessert at that! I know you will do great Thursday!
I managed to make it through yesterday. I did pretty good. For some reason I am really bloated today though. :grumble: Once I get a day under my belt I do okay, but I struggle with getting that day behind me without screwing up. I think I will be okay today.
We have tumbling class this morning and right after that I am going to watch three kids for about two hours. I really hope she doesn't have any sweets in her house and say, "Oh here are some cookies" or whatever. I don't need that kind of temptation! I am too weak right now! After babysitting I will (not try) come home and work out. I was shaking after yesterday's workout so I thought I'd be sore. Nope.
I guess I am done with my book for the day. Have a great day!
MM

yoginimary

Oops, got up an hour late today. Makes time tight today. Today the plan is: walk this morning - bike errands and do yoga, recording the rest for the dvd, this afternoon. It might be warm enough to enjoy biking. I walked and did yoga yesterday - and I'm walking with a friend tomorrow. I'll make the bike ride hard so I'll get my cardio in.

That's an awesome thing to have at work CP - except having baked goods at home. So many people are talented - though I know people that can neither bake nor craft.

I'm having a hard time letting go of my gift wrapping fundraiser. The first weekend is this one, and I know she doesn't have enough people signed up. She's being lax and it's driving me crazy. Not my problem, not my problem, not my problem. If I repeat it often enough, maybe I'll believe it.

Get off the computer, boogaloo!

lotusfromthemud

I have heard myself speak of many "if only's". Well, I didn't, so I need to get over it. Our past does not need to determine our future.

MM, I may very well put that up in my quote frame. (I have a special frame that I put motivational sort of quotes in on my desk) Especially pertinent is the "Well, I didn't, so I need to get over it." That is what I need to tell myself. My husband and I have a joke between us. I have a friend who I always have the same conversation with. She's a pretty unhappy person, and it's always the same complaints. The joke is, that I'm dying to tell my friend "may I respectfully suggest that you get over it." I need to do the same thing myself many days.

I just finished JM Shred, so working out is done for the day. I have the jelly arms, because I pushed myself to use heavier weights. (8s dropping to 5s when I needed to. In the past I've done 5s dropping to 3s. . .but I'm stronger than that.)

I am having MAJOR sweets cravings. I think this is due to a few factors. I had sweets on Sunday and they felt good. (they are taste-y and have a pleasant mind-numbing for me) Also, I think that starting with sweets for me makes me crave more sweets. So, I'm trying to watch my sugar (even honey, agave and dates) for the next few days to detox the sweets monster. It doesn't help that every other TV commercial is about cookies, cake or pie. Or cheeseburgers. There's this one commercial (for my old poison. . .cookie dough in a tube) where the little girl is sad, so her Mom bakes her cookies to cheer her up. I yelled at it the other night. I threw a sofa pillow at the TV and hollered "and thus begins a lifetime of disordered eating!" Felt good at the time, sounds silly now.

Plan for the day is all kinds of self-rewards that are not food. I'm due for a mani-pedi (in keeping with the advent colours, I need to switch to pink for the week), some new herbal tea I bought and peppered around the day is some marking. Am I a bad person if the only reason I really want a tenured position is so that I have a TA to do my marking for me? (oh, "marking" is Canadian for "grading")

Forward ever/backward never boogaloo!:flowerforyou:

cp005e

I am counting yesterday as a success. I went to the gym and put in 45 good minutes on the elliptical, did my pushups (which were REALLY hard after a week off - jelly arms for sure), and only licked a bit of chocolate off a fork and grabbed a couple teeny bits of candy that broke off when we made the almond roca.

We do give food gifts to some friends, because they enjoy them, and they take some effort but are inexpensive. Honestly, I really don't want people to give me anything to keep or have around for the most part - I don't need any more stuff. And people who might not have a lot of money to spend on gifts may feel less uncomfortable accepting food than they would accepting something that you paid money for. So, in my opinion - it depends! I should start making candles or something, though - that would be a cool homemade gift that wasn't food. The auction at work is pretty cool - last year I bought a beautiful framed photograph of a local waterfall. I think we raised something like $800.

Mary - it's hard for me to not get frustrated at that sort of thing, too. V - you're right about the disordered eating! But it's practically universal in our culture. MM - "our past does not need to determine our future". Amen to that. :flowerforyou:

Tonight is dance class, and making granola. I need to figure out when I'll have time to get my yoga and/or strength workout in this week - maybe tomorrow morning if I can get out of bed.

Day 2 boogaloo!

mechanicmom

BRRR!!!! It's 24 degrees out! It's a high of 39. It's gonna make horse therapy pretty chilly! I haven't pulled out my big coat yet because I thought - this is Texas, I don't need it. I think I am going to pull it out today. I am not used to wearing it so I feel...awkward. lol
I stepped on the scale this morning and the damage for two weeks wasn't too bad. One pound gain. I can lose that this week if I keep up with what I am doing. I went to bed hungry, woke up in the night hungry, and woke up this morning hungry. I am pretending that it's my stomach chomping away at all the fat surrounding it.
Today is:
horse therapy
meeting with a friend
eating sensibly
straightening up the house
grocery list
and a work out if I have time. It may be a day off.
Hubby reminded me that it's two weeks from yesterday that we could be finding out about our daughter! :bigsmile: And it's almost two weeks till Christmas! We don't have any money for Christmas so I don't know how we are going to get gifts for 14 people! Oh well. It'll work. It always does.

Shiver me timbers boogaloo!
MM

yoginimary

I thought you were adopting two kids, or did I miss something?

I need to repeat my mantra from yesterday - not my problem. The person who is supposed to schedule the gift wrappers is not doing so, nor is she asking for help. urgh.

Because of the cold, we are going to the gym today (rather than walking outside), so I'll get a gym day in. Also, yoga tonight.

Christmas is approaching quickly - make it stop! Today, I need to get the supplies down and get them organized. Husband has almost the whole week before (and after) Christmas, so I'll make him shop, while I'm wrapping. I need to remind myself that if I stay organized, it will get done.

Beautiful weekend coming, boogaloo!

lotusfromthemud

Hey, the world is upside down. It's going to be 46 here today. Which is a bummer, because the snow will turn to rain and then back to snow. Oof. I'm so picky. I want big fluffy powdery pretty snow. Not slush. Slush is for February, not Christmas. :ohwell:

I am, however, developing powers I don't understand with my exercise jar. I went to pick something this morning and thought "day off, day off, day off. . ." and I pulled out the blank slip. I'm actually sore in my upper body from the shred, didn't do any of my marking yesterday, and have to travel to choir practice on public transit. I'm excited about my husband's church. . .but you can't beat the three minute walk commute of my old one.

A few years back, my husband's family switched over to a pick a name from a hat system. It really does simplify things in the budgeting/planning/wrapping department. I love it, actually. For my (small) side of the family, I send e-gift certificates or gifts that get shipped and I never see. That way, we get to spend our time and energy on the grandkids (although I have reigned that in as well. . .I don't know that it's healthy for kids to get 600 presents for a holiday. ..but that's just me...maybe I'm a crab.) Still, as a couple of musicians, Christmas is a crazy time. We tend to do our gift exchange on epiphany.:laugh:

Bad snow boogaloo!:flowerforyou:

cp005e

Well, dance class and shopping and friend drama and television (BL finale and SYTYCD) distracted me from making granola last night - so I still have to do that tonight. Along with running on the treadmill at work, and pushups. And I really need to get some presents ordered and shipped to Houston - we'll be there visiting my brother's family for Christmas. I agree - it's coming too fast!

I still didn't manage to get up early to do yoga - I am not a morning person ever, and especially not in the winter. We finally got snow that stuck - but the big story today is apparently going to be wind with 50-60mph gusts. Brrrr indeed!

Busy bee boogaloo!

mechanicmom

Mary, plans changed when the agency we had been planning to go with changed the rules. They had a program that we could get two kids above a certain age and they would pay for all of the fees except traveling costs. That's what we were going to go with but when we applied for it they changed the qualifications. It had to be two children older than we wanted and they had to have disabilities. We wanted to get two but with the agency we are with now it's an extra $10,000 for a second child. IF we do not get a child match in two weeks and we have to resubmit the paperwork, we may change it (going on faith) to two kids and just hope we get the money. So that's it in a nutshell.

And it's cold! My toes are freezing. lol

MM

mechanicmom

Good morning!
Wow. It's amazing how much better I feel when I am not eating junk! Although I didn't sleep good last night so I am very sleepy today.
I found out what the desserts are going to be at the party tomorrow night, so I can kind of plan ahead. It will be very hard not to pig out since the desserts are from the Cheesecake Factory! But I think I can do it. I am going to try to eat light all day and get a good work out in tomorrow.
Today is grocery shopping (still don't have a list together), straightening up the house since I failed to do that yesterday, and work out. A nap may be in order too.
Guess I'd better get breakfast. It's hard to want a smoothie when it's 20* outside!
Hope your day is awesome!

Brrr boogaloo!
MM

lotusfromthemud

Hi ladies,

Not feeling so well today. . .really sore and headachey. I had this weird neck spasm thing last night when I turned over in bed. What? So, I've luckily just drawn the slip of paper that says "yoga for flexibility" out of my jar. The jar is fun. I like the jar.

Other than that, it some cleaning/organizing around the house (I'm trying to really pare down the things living in my house right now, like clothes that I don't really like that much, and books I read once and didn't like, etc. I read this article about people living in a teeny tiny new york condo that inspired me. I saw their room and thought "that looks lovely". Probably everyone else in the world thought "are they crazy?". I think I'd make a good nun, or some other similar live in a tiny little room with no possessions individual. At least for a few weeks.:laugh: ) The other thing I'm thinking is that everybody loves something, so if I have something I don't really like or need, someone else might think it's the best thing ever. My old church in the states used to have a twice yearly rummage sale, so I did this twice a year. Now I'm out of practice. It was the best rummage sale ever. The church would make 30-40 thousand a pop. I miss it. Half my wardrobe used to be from it.

Anyways,
My sweets cravings seem to be subsiding, so that's good. I've been slacking on my fruit and veg, though. . .so need to get on that.

De-clutter boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

yoginimary

Got my gym time in yesterday. Husband is sick today, so I might head back to the gym again - so I don't disturb him.

I have to be very careful in yoga for the next couple of weeks. I mentioned a pain I've been having to my teacher - I overstretched my hamstring, which she said can happen in those warm/hot classes.

That's it, boogaloo!

cp005e

Hello everyone. Did I forget to post yesterday? I think it was early, so it feels like a long time ago! I managed to run 4 miles on the treadmill last night, which was WAY harder than it was a few weeks ago - in fact, I felt rather ill afterward, which hasn't happened since I was trail running. :grumble: It's amazing how quickly you can lose fitness in certain areas when you stop working them. That put me in a bad mood to make a double batch of granola and a salad for the auction/potluck today, and do my pushups.

But, I did all those things! Would you believe my granola sold for $40 each (2 jars)? People go crazy since it's for charity - $80 for a plate of cookies, etc. - but I was still very stoked. And, the salad I brought to the potluck was all gone by the end, too. I was pretty good at the potluck - I ate a light breakfast and no morning snack, and a fair amount of salad (along with a single bite of the "eternal cheesy potato casserole" and some other things). I did eat dessert, but I was reasonable about it: I took about an inch or so square of 3 different things - a toll house pie (kinda like a chocolate chip cookie in pie form - pretty good but sweet), a Linzer torte (raspberry layer cake thingy w/an almond crumb topping - the fillings were too sweet so I mostly ate the top layer), and a 1"x1"x5" tall slice of chocolate espresso cake (my favorite of what was there). Someone pressured me into taking a chocolate chip cookie from a tray they bought at the auction, but then I accidentally dropped it on the floor. It didn't look like anything special, anyway, so I didn't mind having the excuse. I am feeling a little hungry now, which would make no sense considering my large lunch, so it is probably because of the sugar. At least I avoided the M&M's on all the tables!

Heading to the gym (at work) now to hit the elliptical and wait for the weather/traffic to improve. Long day boogaloo! :flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

Hi!
It's finally Friday!
Yesterday wasn't the best day. Alex has been talking about (and spelling) Chick-fil-a for three days now! We took him last night. We got some disappointing news before we left so my desire to skip the french fries went out the window. :grumble: I noticed if I don't eat right for breakfast, the rest of the day doesn't go so well. I also did not manage a work out yesterday, other than cleaning, raking, and walking in Wally World for 90 minutes. After that I was kind of beat.
Tonight is the Christmas dessert. I am going to try to eat light today and get an hour's work out in this afternoon. Cheesecake tends to make me a little ill, so I am hoping I will not overdo it tonight. If I can't eat all of what I serve myself, I will bring it home and give it to hubby.
Wow. I don't have a novel today. Oh, and it's going to be in the 70*'s this weekend! :bigsmile:

Warming up boogaloo!
MM

yoginimary

For some reason, I didn't see your post yesterday V. - I like the way houses look with nothing in them. So open, so clean. I'm still getting rid of stuff. I figure if the library owns it, I don't need to (other than reference books). If any of you saw my facebook post about what the old folks want - I think it's a good way to reassess what our own needs are.

Well, I didn't need M&Ms yesterday. Don't buy the mint or the dark chocolate - they were both at my parent's house, now the mint are gone - and I didn't get my "check" for no desserts yesterday.

I walked yesterday for less than an hour (easy day for me) - my husband has been sick the past few days and I want to keep as strong as possible. So it may be only yoga today (teaching 2 classes). My county is offering swine flu shots, so I might do that today too.

Step away from the M&Ms, boogaloo!

lotusfromthemud

Morning pebbs,

I'm having a bit of a hard time right now. Without getting too mopey, this time of year makes me miss my Grandma, who was the definition of family matriarch. (my family has really drifted apart now that she's gone. .. for lots of reasons) And, Grandma associations come with cookie and cake associations. So, that's making me want to stuff my face with cookies and cry. How festive of me! Also, I'm bloated (PMS) so I feel fat.

So, I'm staying focused, journaling a lot and making sure I get my exercise in. I'm very excited, because today I get to do boxing training. It's been a long time. In a compromise move, I've told myself I can make a (non-refined sugar) dessert tomorrow (my husband is home and I'm making Beef Bourginon for date night at home.) I really think if I try to hold out any longer, I'll go too far when I allow myself to have it.

Also, I did no cleaning yesterday, so I'm going to do some of that today. It's a better use of anxious energy than eating!

Oh, and holy crap is it cold here now.

Brrrrrrrrrroogaloo!:flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

Well, I can't decide if today is a good day to have a tummy ache or not. I am not eating much, so I probably won't pig out tonight, which is good. But then again I don't like having an upset tummy. Maybe I've had too much dairy lately. I have been lactose intolerant in the past. Maybe I'd better pass on the cheesecake tonight, huh? :sick: I don't know what it is.
I did manage to work out for an hour though.
Now I need to make dinner for hubby and Alex and get myself ready to go.
Oh I forgot to comment the other day on the houses. I also like them clean and empty. Mine is not. My sister and BIL just bought a 2,900 (?) sq foot house. It's just the two of them and they are both perfectionists. There are no signs of paper work or clutter anywhere. Of course they don't have kids but I can hardly blame Alex for my messy house. Good news is that hubby is finally getting stuff sold on ebay so the piles are getting smaller!
Gotta go!
MM

yoginimary

Today: plan is a yoga class at noon and gym this evening. Also: finish the voice over on video (it's really weird to watch yourself do yoga), set up gift wrapping, visit old person, and if I have time, clean house.

Had the dessert yesterday - cupcake and cookie. Will stay dessert free the rest of the week. Next dessert: next Friday when we have Christmas with my side of the family. It helps me to look towards a dessert, than think about what I'm going to do tonight.

Husband is going to this 24 hour movie thing today. He's already thinking he won't make it (starts at 11am today, ends at noon tomorrow) for the whole thing. Sounds like torture to me. Though I was thinking - what would a yogathon be like...

Crazy people, boogaloo.

mechanicmom

Happy Saturday!
I think last night was a success! I was feeling better by the time I had left, so I was able to eat some dessert. I hardly ate anything yesterday, but I wasn't starving at the dessert thing either. Two mini cupcakes, and one and a half flat chocolate toffee cookie things. Sounds like a lot but it really wasn't. It was however a lot of sugar. Buzz buzz! I was not stuffed or craving more either, so I think I did pretty good. Stepped on the scale this morning and it was down about 1/2 pound. I am back to where I was before Thanksgiving. Just in time for Christmas.
We are probably going to go buy a digital scale today. The scale I have now is one I bought about 13 years ago and it's an analog. I'm preparing myself for bad news when I step on the digital. The number will be different but I know that the amount of weight I have lost will still be the same.
I am going to try to work out this morning. DH is going to a Christmas breakfast, so I have time. Then this afternoon we have to take his car to the shop again. After that we may go shopping if I can brave the crowds.
I guess that's all.
Have a great day!
MM

lotusfromthemud

Morning Pebbs,

I'm planning on a long walk today (it's cold, but sunny and not very windy) after I get dinner in the oven (I've got 2.5-3 hours of roasting time on the Boeuf Bourguignon). Also, I got supplies for some gingerbread cake making (an old recipe that has no refined sugar or flour) for our dessert.

I'd forgotten how much I love boxing. I think that one thirty-minute session does the same work as years of therapy. I left with a brand new outlook on life. . .amazing what hitting stuff does. I talked to my trainer and told her I really want to come once a week, and if she can't sing (we barter, and she's had some health problems with hoarseness) then I'll pay her. It's cool because it's the equivalent of an upper-body weights workout since I'm hitting pads. Also, I'm not sure if I told you guys, but I found a Zumba class starting up in January in a building I can literally see from my apartment window. I am excited! So that would be two hard-core, yet super fun cardio sessions a week. Then I could walk on the off days and do a weights session and a Bikram session. My sort of pre-new year's resolution is I want all my workouts to be enjoyable. I'm convinced it's possible to work out hard and still have a good time. Physically, I am feeling a lot better with less hard (like 70-80% HRM) cardio, so I think two sessions at that rate is enough. (or little sprint bursts like boxing, where I get up high and then recover quickly) I've just been pondering lately "how am I going to do this forever?". . .like I've been in training for something (weight loss) that has now been accomplished (well, mostly) and need to slide into a sustainable schedule.

Exercise for fun and fitness boogaloo!:flowerforyou:

yoginimary

Life is getting really busy. I need to plan this entire week (maybe the rest of the year), if I'm going to get it all done.

My yoga video is done. I'm just burning the dvds at this point. I need to check and make sure they are coming out ok. The thing they are really lacking is background music. I wasn't sure what was public domain, so I didn't put anything on them.

Today: beautiful, so bike to the store, pharmacy, & library. Hope to get some yoga in. Plan dinner for the week. Gift wrap from 3-6.

I did manage not to order the wonderful peppermint/chocolate cupcake - taste like a junior mint in cake form. They only have them at Christmas - so hard to resist. A friend and I then went to an artist bizarre and I spent $70 on a shawl (brain wasn't working?) - it's beautiful, but I shouldn't be spending that kind of money on myself - I wondered if it was the cupcake denial...

Sunny day, boogaloo!

lotusfromthemud

I discovered yesterday how much I love to cook, and expressed sadness at the dinner table that it's not really a suitable hobby. I find baking and cooking therapeutic (when things are complicated it's difficult to think of anything else) but, the eating is not good. And, although I find a bit of fun in chopping things up for salads, there's nothing that compares to four pans braising four separate ingredients at once. But, I find the more complex a dish is, the odds are the more fattening it is. Luckily, the food was self-limiting portion size-wise, because it was so rich. I felt satisfied very quickly. Balance?:ohwell:

Anyways. . .today it's either Bikram later this afternoon, or just do a long yoga session at home. I had insomnia (probably related to the rich dinner/hormones) and didn't sleep much, so that may put Bikram out. I find if I'm not high energy, it's the wrong thing to do for my body. Also, I just plain don't want to go outside in the cold rain.

And, Mary, I find that when I'm doing really well with my eating, I tend to impulse spend. I think the urges have to go somewhere. My dream is that some day I can just release them. ..I'm impressed. . .anything chocolate mint can send me right over the edge. I almost had to sprint past some peppermint bark earlier in the week.

Holiday boogaloo!:flowerforyou:

cp005e

Mary - Wow, a chocolate peppermint cupcake? That would be nigh impossible for me to resist, too. Congrats on finishing the DVD - such a cool idea.

We made more candy and granola yesterday, and will probably do another batch today. We also put up a tree (artificial, since we won't be here for several days around Christmas) and decorated it, so it's feeling rather festive around these parts. I also have a way overdue massage scheduled - my shoulder/deltoid area has been randomly hurting very suddenly and intensely for the past couple of weeks when I make certain sorts of small movements (of the sort that are hard to predict and avoid - like while doing dishes or getting dressed), and I am hoping that loosening up some of the muscles in the area (which are super tight at the moment) will help. It is bizarre. I will probably call my doctor next week if it still isn't better. :ohwell:

Still need to buy presents boogaloo!

mechanicmom

Howdy!
V, you can come bake/cook for me any time! I don't like doing it...some times I don't mind when it's for other people.

I am not doing that great this weekend, though not as bad as I usually do. I also worked out yesterday which is very unusual on weekends. It's going to take time to get used to the new scale and what it says. It's two pounds more than the old one. I have to remember that I didn't "gain" those two pounds in the last couple of days. They've been there the whole time plus more. But it's not nice seeing the number up around 155 again. :ohwell: My goal for now till New Years is to lose 3-5 pounds and possibly fit into my 12 jeans again. Don't know if that is possible. I could lose 5 pounds and not fit into the jeans yet, or vice versa. The pounds might be impossible too but I am going to try.
Today is gorgeous out and I need to get outside. I have projects that need to be done inside though. I am going to help hubby work on the jeep that our pastor gave to us to sell for the adoption, but it shouldn't take long to help him. Someone was so excited about buying a mini air hockey table and was suppose to be over here by 2 and they never showed. :grumble: I wish people would call or email at least.
I'd better get off here. Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
MM