Serial Starters

Happy Wednesday!

One day closer to a 3 day weekend!!!

Sara- Im not sure if I mentioned this already but I had been sleeping 3hours a night with my old job/life. 3 years like that. I am now sleeping a solid 7 hours and what a difference. I never realized how important sleep is. I think you can go for a few days/weeks like that but the effects of long term are terrible. Actually, just read that Arriana Huffington is leaving her post and focusing on "sleep" - she wrote either a book or something about it after an accident due to lack of sleep.

Susan- Welcome. Your story sounds very similar to mine. We are all trying to figure it out : )

Annie- It was your daughters birthday- your allowed : )

Chamie- way to go on the beer- I dont think I could resist French Bread.

So yesterday was my Moms birthday. She passed away 1 1/2 years ago. She loved the beach and so in her memory I went to the beach after work. Last year I wrote her a letter on her birthday (then burned it- it was cathartic). I thought while on the beach I would do the same. The interesting thing was when I was done and reread it... there was a major theme of my weight. I am a 47 year old grown up woman but so many of my weight issues and food issues stemmed from her and her own body issues. I could go on forever.

On that note- I then came home and keeping up with my main meal at work, I had tomato and mozzarella salad for dinner. Great right. Then I had these onion chips (bought them for the first time- super expensive 5$ for a bag) but thought I'd try them. 2.5 servings and they went down like air. Very good but I can't justify spending 5$ on it. I of course followed it with several spoonfuls of nutella. Damn you Nutella!! Why did you ever enter my life!!!

So Sept 1 is my official start day with that program stickK. Im doing it with a friend (committing to something and then we check on one another). We decided to do it without the monetary part (you can opt out) and just a verbal monetary agreement that we would give to a charity of our choosing if we didnt stickK to it.... 6 months 3 days a week of some form of exercise.

Lana- Big hug and hope you are feeling better!!!!

Jen-

Lana, I am sorry- I had no idea you were dealing with cancer. I must have skipped that post. Your husband needs to opt out of helping anyone else for the time being. That would be upsetting to me too. Sending you good vibes from MN.

Calny, Yes so many of our body issues are intertwined with our mothers. I'm sorry you lost your mom. Heading to the beach sounds like a perfect way to reconnect.

I like how once you track on this site, it estimates your weight in 5 weeks. That is motivating... I wonder how accurate it is to my slow metabolism. I would be ECSTATIC if I really am 5 lbs lower in 5 weeks. That would be fantastic.

C

Chamie- I must have missed something on the tracking.. what site are you talking about that will estimate your weight in 5 weeks? i dont know if that will be helpful or depressing lol

Sara- what meditation apps?

Geez, I feel like I missed a chapter before the big test! LOL!!!

Thursday morning

Beautiful morning here. Dog looked so pretty out in the yard I had to take a couple of pix! Sara, our dog has been itching a lot, too, and we are wondering about allergies. Your comments make me wonder if we should talk to our vet.

Looking forward to making it through this week and then enjoying a 4 day weekend. No big plans except to try not to eat out or eat badly. Kids start school next Wednesday, so maybe a little back to school shopping will take place. (We already have all the supplies and tennis shoes, but may look at a couple of new shirts, etc.)

Found out DS was selected as a member of the Men's Chorus at his university. That was his preference so glad he got into the ensemble of his choice. They will already sing this Saturday at the first home football game. The weather is supposed to be nice (warm enough), so we may have to check it out!

Hoping for quiet days at work today and tomorrow.

Lana - sorry you lost your post. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Wave to all. Will BBL!

Hey-

Just a quick check in. I'll be out of town starting tomorrow so I'll catch you all next week

I will be active this week-end, camping in a cabin. Food choices won't be great so I'll try to eat reasonable portions and make sure to walk lots.

Have a wonderful couple of days!

Calny, MFP tells me what I am on schedule to lose when I submit my daily food. It's a button on the bottom of the diary.

Chamie

Well, Friday morning started out fine until I logged into online banking and saw two fraudulent charges!!! Someone has DH's check card number and so far has spent $125 of our money. Lucky we didn't get an overdraft since the account was getting low and today is pay day! (Direct deposit is there, so not too worried about that now. We get paid the same days, so the account has big ups and big downs...usually getting pretty low just before payday. I'm actually planning on working on a budget this weekend to try to even that out.) DH is already on the phone with the bank...I'm sure cancelling his card, etc. Not sure what happens to the money, i.e. if we get that back?

Sigh. Looking forward to a long 4-day weekend of sleeping in. No big plans except now that we know DS and the Men's Chorus will be singing at the football game tomorrow, I think we'll go to it. The weather should be nice. I don't want to miss his first college performance! But we are not going to let him know we are there because I'm pretty sure he wouldn't like that. So, we'll "fly under the radar" but still shoot some video!

Mom & Dad live in Brunswick, GA and are dealing with the affects of Hurricane Hermine. Sounds like they had a lot of rain but no big branches down. No power outages. So, that's a blessing. I know they stocked up on plenty of WINE for their "Hurricane Party". Ha!

I told my husband we ARE going to eat healthy and get lots of walking and biking in this weekend. I'm very irritated with myself and my lack of progress. I've got to figure this out and stop making excuses.

It's a ghost town at work today but I have plenty to keep me busy, so hoping the day goes quickly.

I'll check in later. Happy Friday!

Annie

Thanks, 25! DH already had his card cancelled and the bank said the money will be back in our account in a day or two. So that was good news. He is going to reformat his computer and watch where he uses his card. We were planning to really re-work our budget this weekend and make a plan for paying down some debt...so this makes it an even more opportune time. Part of our strategy is going to be using allotted amounts of cash for groceries/gas/Target to help keep us within our budget. Less card usage = less chance for fraud.

LanaCabana537 wrote: »

25 - What ADD meds are/were you on? My DH takes or is supposed to take meds for this, and I didn't know how much impulse control is a part of the picture. At home, this subject is not open for discussion.
If you'd rather not share, I understand.

BBL
Lana

Hi Lana! I'm totally open to talking about it.
In High School, I was on Concerta, and then a higher dose of concerta, and then at the beginning of college I was on Ritalin. My doctor this time put me on Evekeo 5mg.
I noticed huge differences in my budgeting when I was on meds vs when I wasn't, and my boredom and inability to focus at work led to a gigantic amount of online shopping. There was very little 'I shouldn't do that right now', so that also factored in to eating, as I'm sure you can imagine. I wasn't doing expensive things or eating to entertain myself while on medication.

Went over on food but drank my water and got a good walk with the dog. My speed has really increased the last couple of walks! Under a 15 minute mile average tonight and the last time I walked outside. Wish I knew why I couldn't walk that fast on my treadmill!

Really determined that I have a problem with sugar. I'd probably be okay with calories and carbs if I could stay away from the little bites of candy and sweets. Have to re-think how I can keep myself from indulging.

Wanting to go away on Sunday on a day-trip but wondering where....