SBF, Boogaloo, Mar 7

Good morning Pebbs,

I am focusing on getting cabinets and closets cleaned out this week. I cleaned out the medicine cabinet already. Next is the hall closet. Then I have general cleaning to do, school, a work out, and I need to get some recipes together. A friend of mine has a little boy that's allergic to: nuts, peanuts, milk, eggs, corn, soy, wheat, and I was thinking there was a couple of other things. I have some recipes that I can send her. She lives in a small town so special foods aren't readily available. It made me thankful that Alex is only allergic to wheat and milk, and that even with those things he can have a little.
I discovered Free on Demand yesterday on our cable and I found an exercise channel. They have Billy Blanks on there so I am going to look at his work outs and the boot camp channel and see what those are all about and maybe try one today if I have time to check it out before I need to work out.
I'm also back to logging and trying to cut out the snacking. I haven't been letting myself get hungry lately. I don't like that feeling when I haven't allowed it in awhile. Once I am hungry for a few days then it's not so bad.

Spring is almost here boogaloo!
MM

Morning, pebbs...

Had a great time at the conference, and I got to meet CP! She is awesome. I realized as my train was pulling out of the station that I wanted a picture of us together and I forgot. Oops. Next time. Also, the train was an excellent call, as it was slushy gross snow all day, all the way back to T.O.

I have goals this week, as I think I just need to sort of get on track with everything. I feel deadlines sort of breathing down my neck, and I think if I get organized and on top of one thing, I can get on top of everything.

So, goals for the week are:

1. Back to logging food. But, I've made my diary private. I have days where I can barely eat, and that is just the way it is. I can't take the scrutiny right now, but I need to keep track, so that's my current compromise.

2. Four workouts a week (I have to get up and go work out in about five minutes)

3.Three of my 45 minute work sessions every day, serious writing, and pressuring my committee to help me. It is what it is, I need them to help me, because I need to finish. This conference sort of drove the point home that I'm ready to "cross over" from student to faculty. The time is now! I cannot allow myself to hold me back, so I can't allow my committee to do the same. I need them to hold up their end of the bargain. Whew, I feel better just typing that.

That seems like enough.

Time is now, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

Morning,

Up too early to get some marking in before I go teach. Realized that I only have three (I think) more until it's " summer ". Mind. Blown.

Other than that, I would like to get some housecleaning in, and invent chapter titles for the diss. And do a short legs workout. (yesterday was upper body and yoga). I had to raise my med dosage yesterday, and felt pretty weird, so I worked out at home. I'm trying to be consistent but flexible, two concepts that feel mutually exclusive to me.

Yeah, as far as committees go, the turnaround problem is departmental (too many students, not enough faculty) and my people are the best for my topic. The sad truth I've come to realize is I need to be my own advisor to a large extent. The thing this has taught me (that I wish I'd embraced earlier in the process) is to ask for help. I stalk people who are slightly ahead of me in the process and say "hey, how did you do 'x'?"

Ask for help, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

CP, Yay for time off and relaxation! The last two mornings my cat has been "talking" to the birds and squirrels a bit. It's so cute when cats do that.
V, I *should* join you on the no wheat for lent. I will have to ponder that as well. It doesn't make me feel good either. Just maybe I'd realize I don't need/want it as much as I think.

I got the hall closet and the medicine cabinet cleaned out yesterday. I need to find another one to clean out today that isn't too time consuming because it's a full day. If I don't get to it then no biggie. I'll do it tomorrow.
I do good logging my food until evening, which is when I tend to over eat. I will try to log all my food today, over eating or not. And I will just try not to over eat! And I will try to get some work out in today. I did taebo yesterday.
I also need to call my doctor about getting the cyst on my wrist removed/aspirated. I am tired of the pain and it limits me in my work outs. I want to get back to push ups and lifting weights. And maybe we will hear something from a distant land today. I can always hope right?
Horse therapy day boogaloo!
MM

Update:

I tried a new work out today. I don't really like Jillian Michaels' 'tude, but I do like her work outs. I did Shred it with Weights level one. It was pretty good. My other goal is to get the downstairs bathroom clean. Still need to do that.
I am going to the doctor tomorrow to hopefully get my cyst drained and get my thyroid and nose checked. I have been going to this office for 5 years and I have never met the doctor before. He was a real jerk about signing our adoption paper work last year. Why haven't I changed doctor's offices? Because it's an extra $100 for new patient, and they are a cheaper office than most. One of these days I hope I can switch. For now it's just to get the necessary done. When I need a more thorough check I will go somewhere else. I just hope I get full use of my wrist again tomorrow!
Gonna make dinner for friends tonight. The momma is really sick and has two little ones and one on the way. I'd better get started on it and then get the bathroom cleaned!

MM

Good morning,

So glad I am going to the doc to get my wrist looked at. It's been hurting something fierce. Hope they can fix it!

Today: school, general cleaning and bathroom (didn't get to it last night), doc appointment, hair cut (thinking about long bangs), and church tonight. I don't know if I will get a work out done today. Depends on time, but I imagine it will be lower body if I do.

Full day boogaloo!
MM

Update:

Wow. I had an interesting doc appt. He was actually really nice and helpful! The eye twitch I have had since August could very well be related to my thyroid! He said the T4 levels are good but the T3 level, even though in range, is borderline. He said if I am losing hair (yes), tired (yes!), having trouble losing weight (yes!), etc then it could be that it's too low. He said by raising it my metabolism should go up. :bigsmile: Yay! He's going to test it for a month and see how I'm doing. This could explain my weird cycles (maybe even miscarriages?). Also he said I have an infection in my nose and he checked Alex as well. He gave prescriptions for the whole family. Apparently it's contagious. Problem: the meds are $77 a person! :noway: So I am going to see if they can give us a cheaper one. He also hit me, literally. Twice. He smashed my cyst with his medical book! :laugh: It hurt and still does but he said he got it. I have to keep it wrapped all day and put ice on it tonight. He said I should be fine by tomorrow. I hope so.
On the way home the check engine light came on in the car and it's running horrible. Thank God we have a money cushion right now. It was suppose to go towards debt. Oh well.
About to go get my hair cut. I'm a little nervous but it will be good.
MM

I hope you all have a beautiful and wonderful day!

I am about to head to the grocery store. Then there's school to do and cleaning since I didn't get any done yesterday. My wrist still hurts but not as bad. The bump is still there but feels different so maybe it will be okay. I will probably baby it today. I also have laundry to do today in prep for the women's retreat this weekend! It's half day tomorrow and then Saturday. I'm looking forward to it. I always have a good time.
I will get some kind of lower body work out done today I hope.
I think I said enough yesterday so I'll keep this one short.

Getting some movement in boogaloo!
MM

Up bright and early (well, actually not even bright yet),

I am stunned by the terrible news from Japan. We have a friend who is home there right now, so I pray that he and his family are safe. These sort of things do certainly slap me back into a state of gratitude.

Today I have work, (starting to morph the conference paper into an actual chapter) a workout (trying a class at the new/old gym) and then a supervisor meeting. I have really been pondering the idea that all my motivation is fear driven (this was pointed out to me at my last therapy appointment). For example:"if you don't go to the gym, today you won't go tomorrow either and them you will weigh 235 pounds again before you know it!" instead of "the gym is sort of fun." I'm going to start looking for new spins to put on this. I've been trying to notice joy during workouts (and have usually been succeeding) but it would be good if I didn't have to scare or guilt or shame myself into going to the workouts. Also, I'm pondering weekly "mini-challenges" goals, because I'm bored.

Anyways, that was long.

State of gratitude, boogaloo.:flowerforyou: