Serial Starters

Can't fall asleep! It's 3AM. Could it be I am over-psyched about the snowstorm? It just doesn't matter. I don't have to go anywhere important tomorrow.....

OK, lights out and back to bed.

Lana

Be safe Lana and Missy! We're supposed to get a "dusting" today... it may have already stopped... gonna be so cold...GRRRR

Everyone be safe and have a good day!
Check in later

Hello Ladies~~

I just woke up at 11, and half the day is gone.

My gosh, the scale is up here in NYC. I can't even print the number. I'm with Annie: I so want to fit into my clothes and look better, and instead I am getting worse. I cannot control eating to "feed a need". It's as if my mind tells my body to feel hungry so the mind can eat and feel better.

Maybe it's the result of the cancer treatment or maybe it's hidden reaction to being alone with DH gone, but I have never had a struggle this difficult. But!.......fresh start today.

If I were a husky, I'd want to be outside too! Woof, woof! LOL

Lana

Diet went way south today. Train wreck! Drinking water and settled down for the night. Back on track tomorrow.

Thursday

Scale up even more! Feeling very defeated but reminding myself that I have been making good choices and eventually I will see the results. Just feel like my body is against me lately! Trying to give myself a "pep talk" for the upcoming weekend that I CAN stay on track and I WILL stay on track.

Day 16 of no pop! DH is going to stop by the University today to inquire about buying a membership to use the indoor track since they have not responded to either of my emails.

It sounds like DS has really decided he is going to transfer to our local State university next year and live at home. He's realizing he can possibly bankroll the rest of his education with my tuition waiver (16 free credits a year), living at home, working full-time during the summer and part-time during the school year. He has learned to be pretty frugal with his money - although he's not afraid to buy expensive things when he wants them. I only worry about him having to start over at another school. He always feels like he doesn't have any friends and now he'll be leaving the friends he has made...but I can't argue the cost savings. If he can graduate with no additional student loans that will be a huge blessing to him as he goes out on his own. And I can't help feel that maybe he just wasn't quite ready to leave home. But I also don't want to raise an adult dependent. He can't live at home forever!

My boss is perturbing me today. She wants me to train a newer employee on a pretty complicated type of help desk ticket we receive. She actually put an appt on our calendars to make me do this training. I am currently the only person who knows how to handle these tickets. I know that is not a good practice - to only have one person. It's just that I'm uncomfortable "giving up" this type of ticket. I'm not sure the new person will really understand the ins-and-outs of the data. He's a very intelligent guy and knows programming but he seems to struggle with working through problems from the user-perspective. But I am getting busier as I am being put onto other projects, which leaves me less time to work on our incoming help desk tickets. I know someone needs to be able to pick up the tickets I can't get to, including these types of tickets. Sigh. I am not good at sharing my work.

Speaking of work - I had better get some done.

Happy St. Urho's Day!

Annie

LCHF works.

Friday

Slept in. Sent DH off to work. Getting cleaned up slowly. Wearing our green for St. Patrick's Day! I am 25% Irish! My grandmother was 100% Irish. No big plans for the day. Maybe a trip to Barnes & Noble and Target?

Forgot to step on the scale today. Doubt it would have been encouraging anyway. We went to supper at a local Irish Pub last night and I had shrimp and fries. Water to drink. That TOM showed up yesterday, so hopefully this water weight will drop off soon. Concentrating on staying on plan over this long weekend of mine.

I'll CBL!

Annie

"arniedog74 snow is falling at a steady rate. Had to chase dogs around outside to get them in. Resorted to getting some chicken to treat them inside. It worked! But they are begging to go back out um no not right now. I hope things work out for your grandpa. Difficult to see family members go through any illness or injuries. Was so difficult to see my grandpa go how he went. He unfortunately had to go to a nursing home. He had lung cancer and had to have their services. His health went down rapidly"

Missy - we got lucky and the snow pretty much missed us... we had flurries off and on... never added up to anything..
The thought of you using chicken to lure pups in... sounds like my dogs.. they'll do pretty much anything, for food...
Thank you for good thoughts for my Grandpa... it may, eventually, get to the point of going to nursing home... but, not to that point, yet... so, not going to push it... as long as Uncle stays there and continues to help, I think he will be able to stay in the home, for awhile...I do, however, believe he should be using a wheelchair, sooner than later.. and, a nurse should be coming in... that's just going to be incredibly difficult for Grandma to accept... hopefully, the family will think about everything and make the best decision for him... no matter how difficult that decision may be...

Saturday

Stinking scale is still up! Still the highest number I have seen this year! That TOM started on Thursday and I thought the water weight would have started dropping off. Diet really hasn't been bad and I've only been drinking water and yesterday I even got 10,000 steps! Will continue to try to make good choices even though I'm frustrated.

Today is Day 18 of no pop! I was a bit overboard with sweets yesterday and kids and I had treats at the Starbucks at the bookstore. It was a nice day with the kids and I'm glad I took the day off to spend with them. Made the mistake of trying on some jeans at Maurices yesterday - which did not go well. I found out later when looking online that people are complaining the jeans are running very small compared to the same jeans they bought there even a couple of years ago. So then I felt a little better.

Lana - I am trying to take your words to heart and trying to focus on positives!

Grocery shopping today. So hard to think about what to make through the week. Breakfast and lunch are easy, it's the supper that's tough. DD and I are going out for dinner and a movie with MIL and SIL tonight. We will be seeing "Beauty and the Beast". DD is so excited! We even painted our nails last night!

I suppose I'd better eat some breakfast and clean myself up.

Enjoy your Saturday!

Annie